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Carême in Brighton — a mystery novel - 20. Carême in Brighton Appendices

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Carême in Brighton Appendices:

for Further Reading

 

Works by Antonin Carême:

 

» Le Pâtissier pittoresque

first edition (Paris 1815)

 

https://archive.org/details/b21533842/page/n7/mode/2up

 

» Le Pâtissier royal parisien

first edition (Paris 1815)

 

https://archive.org/details/b29328949_0001

 

» Le cuisinier parisien, ou l’art de la cuisine française au XIXe siècle

first edition (Paris 1822)

 

https://archive.org/details/b21525407/page/n5/mode/2up

 

» Le maître-d’hôtel française

first edition (Paris 1822)

 

https://archive.org/details/b21525390_0002/page/n11/mode/2up

 

» L’art de la cuisine française au XIXe siècle: traité élémentaire et pratique

first edition (Paris 1832)

 

 

https://archive.org/details/b21526047_0002/page/n7/mode/2up

 

» L’art de la cuisine française au XIXe siècle: traité élémentaire et pratique (a modern edition of Carême’s 1832 magnus opus with a new essay on his life and work)

Gilles and Laurence Laurendon [Editors] (Paris 1994)

 

https://app.ckbk.com/book/2228888621/lart-de-la-cuisine-francaise-au-xixe-siecle

 

» The Royal Parisian Pastrycook and Confectioner (first translation of Le Pâtissier royal parisien)

John Porter (London 1834)

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=hK7-ltOfXwEC&pg=PP11&dq=careme&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqxJm7jYL1AhWlV98KHQTtD4oQ6AF6BAgJEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

» French Cookery: comprising L’art de la cuisine française, Le Pâtissier royal, Le cuisinier parisien

William Hall (London 1836)

 

https://archive.org/details/b29338098

 

 

Works concerning Antonin Carême:

 

» 19th Century France – La Cuisine Classique (chapter 8 of “The Delectable past: the Joys of the Table”)

Esther Aresty (New York 1964)

 

https://archive.org/details/delectablepast00ares/page/126/mode/2up

 

 

» The Century of Carême (chapter 9 of “Culture and Cuisine: a Journey through the History of Food”)

Jean-François Ravel (Garden City, New York, 1982)

 

https://archive.org/details/culturecuisinej00reve/page/230/mode/2up

 

» L’art culinaire au XIXe siècle Antonin Carême (catalog of the exhibit held by the City of Paris to celebrate the 200th birthyear of Antonin Carême)

Délégation à l’action artistique de la ville de Paris (Alençon, Normandie, 1984)

  

https://www.lefestindebabette.fr/product/collectif-lart-culinaire-au-xixe-siecle-antonin-careme-1784-1984-catalogue-de-lexposition-a-lorangerie-de-bagatelle-a-paris-3e-arrondissement-en-1984/

 

» Antonin Carême, 1783-1833: la sensualité gourmande en Europe

Georges Bernier (Paris 1989)

 

https://archive.org/details/antonincareme1780000bern

 

» Cooking for Kings: the Life of Antonin Carême, the First Celebrity Chef

Ian Kelly (New York 2004)

 

https://online.ucpress.edu/gastronomica/article-abstract/5/1/105/45931/Cooking-for-Kings-The-Life-of-Antonin-Careeme-the?redirectedFrom=fulltext

 

» Le roi Carême (a novel)

Philippe Alexandre and Béatrix de l’Aulnoit (Paris 2005)

 

https://archive.org/details/leroicareme0000alex/mode/2up

 

» Talleyrand et Antonin Carême: la gastronomie au service de la diplomatie (article in the September 23rd edition of the newspaper “Le Parisien”)

Charles de Saint-Sauveur (Paris 2018)

 

https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/talleyrand-et-antonin-careme-la-gastronomie-au-service-de-la-diplomatie-23-09-2018-7899591.php

 

 

 

Works by Doctor William Kitchiner:

 

» Practical Observations on Telescopes

first edition (London 1815)

 

https://archive.org/details/b30795680

 

» Apicius Redivivus; or, The Cook’s Oracle

first edition (London 1817)

 

https://archive.org/details/b21533908/page/n5/mode/2up

 

» The Cook’s Oracle

third edition (London 1821)

 

https://archive.org/details/b21526357

 

» The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Sleep, &c.; And Peptic Precepts Pointing out Agreeable and Effectual Methods to Prevent and Relieve Indigestion

second edition (London 1821)

 

https://archive.org/details/artofinvigoratin00kitciala

 

 

» Observations on Vocal Music; and Rules for the Accent, and Emphasis of Poetry

first edition (London 1821)

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=BntWDjGC9SwC&pg=PP10&dq=kitchiner&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3-6HphYL1AhXtUt8KHbWsA_44FBDoAXoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

» The Economy of the Eyes: Precepts for the Improvement and Preservation of the Sight

first edition (London 1824)

 

https://archive.org/details/economyeyes00kitc

 

 

Works concerning Doctor William Kitchiner:

 

» Obituary—Dr. Kitchiner (entry in the May edition of “The Gentleman’s Magazine”)

Sylvanus Urban, pseudonym (London 1827)

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=YH0dAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA470&dq=kitchiner&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-yoqfg4L1AhXsRzABHTWcAt04ChDoAXoECAoQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

 

» Eccentricities of Dr [sic] Kitchiner (satirical article in “The Book of Days: a Miscellany of Popular Antiquities,” under the February 26th entry; the day of Kitchiner’s birth)

W. and R. Chambers Company (London 1863)

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=uJlLw50Xk14C&pg=PA298&dq=kitchiner&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT1qmh_4H1AhXblWoFHV_iD6QQ6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

» Personal Reminiscences: Dr. William Kitchiner

Archibald Constable (New York 1876)

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=eUYDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA209&dq=kitchiner&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-yoqfg4L1AhXsRzABHTWcAt04ChDoAXoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

 

» Some Old Cookery Books and Their Authors: Dr. Kitchiner and the Cook’s Oracle (Printed in the September edition of “Table Talk” magazine)

Charles Cooper (Cooperstown, New York, 1914)

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=zQFBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA486&dq=kitchiner&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjyxYmU-IH1AhV-SzABHcIwAYs4ChDoAXoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

 

» Dr. William Kitchiner and his Cook Book

Betsy Copping Corner (New Haven, Connecticut, 1954)

 

https://www.worldcat.org/title/dr-william-kitchiner-and-his-cook-book/oclc/1027018984

 

 

» Dr. William Kitchiner Regency Eccentric: Author of the Cook’s Oracle

Tom Bridge and Colin Cooper English (Lews, East Sussex, 1992)

 

https://archive.org/details/drwilliamkitchin0000brid

 

 

Works concerning la grande cuisine classic:

 

» The Modern Cook

Vincent La Chapelle (London 1733)

 

https://archive.org/details/moderncook01lach

 

» The Physiology of Taste: or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy (a full translation of the 1825 original)

Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin [J. C. Nimmo, Editor] (London 1884)

 

http://berkelouw.com.au/rare-book/a-handbook-of-gastronomy-brillat-savarin-s-physiologie/244314/buy-online

 

» Les classiques de la table, à l’usage des praticiens et des gens du monde

M. F. Fayot [Editor] (Paris 1843)

 

https://archive.org/details/b21525869/page/n9/mode/2up

 

» The Modern Cook; A Practical Guide to the Culinary Arts and All its Branches

Charles Elmé Francatelli [one of Carême’s latter protégés], 13th edition (London 1861)

 

https://archive.org/details/b21530245

 

» The Escoffier Cookbook: A Guide to the Fine Art of French Cuisine (a full translation of the original 1903 Le guide culinaire)

Auguste Escoffier (New York 1969)

 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/273669.The_Escoffier_Cookbook

 

» Ma Cuisine (a full translation of the 1934 original)

Auguste Escoffier (London 1984)

 

https://archive.org/details/macuisine0000esco

 

» Larousse Gastronomique (translation of the 1938 original)

Prosper Montagné (New York 1961)

 

https://archive.org/details/laroussegastrono0000mont_w7s3

 

» A Concise Encyclopaedia of Gastronomy

André Simon (New York 1952)

 

https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Concise_Encyclopedia_of_Gastronomy.html?id=PJ8sAAAAYAAJ

 

» An Illustrated History of French Cuisine: from Charlemagne to Charles de Gaulle

Christian Guy (New York 1962)

 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2145282.An_Illustrated_History_of_French_Cuisine_from_Charlemagne_to_Charles_de_Gaulle

 

» The Art of French Cooking by the Great Contemporary Masters of Cuisine: 3760 Recipes and Instructions for Masterpiece Cookery

Bart Winer [Editor] (New York 1962)

 

https://www.secondwindvintage.com/product/1962-the-art-of-french-cooking-by-the-great-contemporary-masters-of-the-cuisine-new-revised-edition-french-cookbook-french-cook-book/?add-to-cart=23666

 

» Modern French Culinary Art

Henri-Paul Pellaprat (Cleveland 1966)

 

https://archive.org/details/modernfrenchculi00pell

 

» Gastronomy of France

Raymond Oliver (London 1967)

 

https://archive.org/details/gastronomyoffran00oliv

 

» La Cuisine: Secrets of Modern French Cooking (translation of the 1967 original)

Raymond Oliver (New York 1969)

 

https://archive.org/details/lacuisinesecrets00oliv/page/2/mode/2up

 

» Classic French Cooking

Craig Claiborne and Pierre Franey (New York 1971)

 

https://archive.org/details/classicfrenchcoo00time/mode/2up?q=Antonin+Car%C3%AAme

 

 

» The Hundred Glories of French Cooking

Robert Courtine (New York 1973)

 

https://www.deslegte.com/the-hundred-glories-of-french-cooking-2774225/

 

» La Technique: An Illustrated Guide to the Fundamental Techniques of Cooking

Jacques Pépin (New York 1977)

 

https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2018/09/05/jacques-pepins-la-technique-was-a-game-changer-for-home-cooks

 

» The Grand Masters of French Cuisine: Five Centuries of Great Cooking

Céline Vence / Robert Courtine (New York 1978)

 

https://app.ckbk.com/book/0399122206/the-grand-masters-of-french-cuisine-five-centuries-of-great-cooking

 

» Auguste Escoffier: Memories of my Life (translation of the 1985 original)

Laurance Escoffier [Editor] (New York 1997)

 

https://archive.org/details/augusteescoffier0000esco

 

» A Palate in Revolution: Grimod de La Reynière and the Almanach des Gourmands

Giles MacDonogh (London 1987)

 

https://www.worldcat.org/title/palate-in-revolution-grimond-de-la-reyniere-and-the-almanac-des-gourmands/oclc/16468441

 

» Paris Boulangerie-Pâtisserie: Recipes from Thirteen Outstanding French Bakeries

Linda Dannenberg (New York 1994)

 

https://www.biblio.com/9780517592212

 

» Great Cooks and their Recipes: from Taillevent to Escoffier

Anne Willan (London 2000)

 

https://archive.org/details/greatcookstheirr0000will/page/n3/mode/2up

 

 

 

Works by Lady Sydney Morgan:

 

» St. Clair; or, The Heiress of Desmond

first edition (London 1803)

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=bFjc2ZXVLT0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=morgan&ei=3nvHYfH5Gom-2Qbs2LTIAw&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

» The Wild Irish Girl; A National Tale

third edition (London 1807)

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=IPj5BgdS_UoC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

» France

first edition (London 1817)

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=jroBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=lady+morgan+france&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLka7s5__0AhW3SjABHfg_AnwQ6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

» The Book of the Boudoir

first edition (London 1829)

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=X3adV59lwSsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=lady+morgan&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiB6Juv4__0AhUlTd8KHZp5BJM4FBDoAXoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

» Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence

unknown edition (London 1862)

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=ql9AAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=lady+morgan&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwih3JuQ5v_0AhXqV98KHfyvDWEQ6AF6BAgDEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

Works concerning Lady Sydney Morgan:

 

» Notable Irishwomen

C. J. Hamilton (Dublin 1900)

 

https://archive.org/details/notableirishwome0000cjha/page/n5/mode/2up

 

» Lady Morgan in France

Elizabeth Suddaby and P. E. Yarrow (London 1971)

 

https://www.biblio.com/book/lady-morgan-france-suddaby-elizabeth-yarrow/d/1287364232

 

» Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan and the Politics of Style

first edition (Palo Alto, California, 2009)

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=_hFUsDGe8TYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=lady+morgan&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwih3JuQ5v_0AhXqV98KHfyvDWEQ6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

 

 

Works concerning the Pavilion and John Nash:

 

» The Brighton Pavilion and its Royal and Municipal Associations

John George Bishop (Brighton 1900)

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=LBQ5AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

» The Life and Work of John Nash, Architect

John Summerson (London 1980)

 

https://archive.org/details/lifeworkofjohnna0000summ/page/n7/mode/2up

 

» Catalogue and Exhibit Guide to the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

John Morley [Contributor] (Brighton 1984)

 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55562731-the-royal-pavilion-the-official-guide-to-the-palace-of-king-george-iv

 

» The Making of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton: Designs and Drawings

John Morley (New York 1984)

 

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Royal-Pavilion-Brighton-Drawings-dp-0879235284/dp/0879235284/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=

 

» Views of the Royal Pavilion (full-color reprint of the 1826 original)

John Nash (London 1992)

 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7692718-views-of-the-royal-pavilion

 

 

 

 

 


 

Carême in Brighton Appendices:

Acknowledgements

 

I warmly acknowledge the general support my work garners on the literary website gayauthors.org, but would like to thank the following site members for their individual help with this project.

First, to Parker Owens for editing and beta-reading Carême in Brighton, I owe tremendous thanks. His insight has been invaluable.

In addition, for their equally insightful beta-reading of the novel, my warm thanks go to Cole Matthews and Defiance19.

For their respective language and cultural skills, I extend my gratitude to Colochette (for French matters in the book) and to D. K. Daniels (for all things Irish). Both have been remarkably generous with me by sharing their time and knowledge.

Needless to say, any errors remaining in the novel are entirely mine. This includes the misstatement of time concerning when John Nash’s masterplan of London was drawn up. I present the renovation of the city as not being under way by 1817, which it most certainly was. This is intentional, so I might have excuse to introduce how intimate a friend Philip Hardwick was to the Good Doctor. And the scene I wrote with this architect passing along the notion of how the development of the future Regent’s Park, and its huge revenue stream to George, could have occurred in similar, private get-togethers.

I would also like to say that this project has been on my mind for a long time, revisiting me from time to time with the possibilities of differing forms and content. In the shape is has assumed over the course of the nearly four years it has taken me to write it, two biographies offered important information.

Messrs. Bridge and Cooper English’s Dr. William Kitchiner, Regency Eccentric (see “for Further Reading” above) provided the clues to follow up on what being a religious outcast in Regency England must have been like. I had never encountered reports of the religion-based mob murders known as “Gordon’s Riot” before reading the authors’ account of it. And they also show how this pro-Anglican Church violence touched the young William Kitchiner directly as a child. (Nowadays we’d call this a “race massacre,” but in the centre of 1780s London, the looting and lynchings were directed at members of the outlawed and benighted Catholic minority.)

In addition, although the best biographical material on the life and times of Antonin Carême remain entirely French, Ian Kelley’s 2004 Cooking for Kings (see “for Further Reading” above) offers something none of the French sources I’ve read do: a detailed review of the ledger books from the Pavilion for the time Carême was working there. Although seemingly dry, the numbers Kelly quotes – and the below-stairs goings-on hinted at in these authentic accounts – have provided the sure ground from which my fiction was launched.

And, as for you, dear reader, as you come to the end of Carême in Brighton, I express gratitude for your forbearance and look forward to your reading of more of my work. Thank you.

 

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Copyright © 2022 AC Benus; All Rights Reserved.
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On 8/17/2022 at 3:22 PM, drsawzall said:

Thank you very much for taking the time and making the effort to entertain we, your readers. This was superbly told, the suspense masterful  and just a treat to read!

Thank you, drsawzall, for your support and comments. They've all been deeply appreciated.

And thank you also for the glowing story review! 

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21 hours ago, raven1 said:

As impress as I was with the story and your writing AC, I am equally impressed with the amount of research you did to create it.  I thank you very much for all the work you put into this story.  I look forward to reading more of your stories new and archived.

Thank you, Terry, for all of your kind support. Your comments have always been warmly received.

Thank you also for a glowing story review. It's all greatly appreciated!

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20 hours ago, Doha said:

Thank you for the hard work, the dedication and for the story itself. I enjoyed it thoroughly. 

Thank you, Doha, for your unflagging support of the project. I thought I was heading into the reeds with the amount of attention paid to the food, but this is the kind of book I'd want to read myself. So I'm pleased as punch others have enjoyed it as well.

Thank you also for the glowing story review! Every little bit helps new readers find this novel 

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16 hours ago, chris191070 said:

This fantastic story has been a real treat to read. The great history of the Brighton Pavilion and the fantastic food, all brilliantly described.

Thank you, Chris, for all your amazing encouragement. Speaking of treat, the other day I stumbled upon some kind soul's webpage where they had laboriously typed out Carême's menu for the Grand Duke Nicholas' State Dinner at the Pavilion. Scanning it, I was amazed to realized readers of this book would understand the structure instantly: they now know soups, relevees (the fish dishes), entrees, roasts, centerpiece roasts, etc., etc,. including the 15 platters of "flying dish" hors d'oeuvres! I have to say I felt a bit gratified realizing this; I'd done pretty good.

And so have you! Thank you for the glowing story review. I love it  

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42 minutes ago, Theo Wahls said:

I love the bibliography list. It will take time to check out some of these tomes, both old and current.

Thanks AC Benus. So much to read and recipes to try. I made the mashed potato fritters. What fun! My mother's mashed potatoes' were never so fancy. LOL😘 

Thanks for reading and commenting, Theo Wahls. I really appreciate it! 

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13 minutes ago, chris571 said:

First Wednesday without my weekly portion of Careme. Bit cold turkey. Thanks AC Benus for that captivating story and all the effort and massive research, you put into it. I really appreciate all the 'I didn't know that till now facts and pictures! '

Thanks, Chris. I thought about that myself this morning -- 20 weeks of regular Wednesday postings, and then, nothing. Cold turkey is a pretty good way to put it . . .

Incidentally, I've submitted a short story for the upcoming GA 20th Anniversary Anthology. Please be on the outlook for it :)

Thanks again!  

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