Pantropheon: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Pantropheon, credited to Alexis Soyer, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Pantropheon by Alexis Soyer. Read in English by Lynne T; Lynda Marie Neilson; Bill Mosley; Sheila; Kate Follis; GentleJim; Gloria Keawe; Corrinne LePage; Elanor; DrPGould; Gillian Hendrie; Steve C Soyer was a 'celebrity chef', devising innovations such as water-cooled refrigerators and adjustable temperature ovens. He developed many popular recipes and catered for 2000 guests at Queen Victoria's coronation celebration. He had a social conscience and donated a penny for every mean sold, to help alleviate the Irish famine. During the Crimean War, he laid the foundations for the future British Army Catering Corps. He is credited with writing several books, including 'The Shilling Cookery Book for the People' and 'The Poor Man's Regenerator'. In this volume, he traces the history of food, food production, preparation and dining experiences. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Pantropheon
• Author credits: Alexis Soyer
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 39
• Listed recording duration: 17:36:27

Catalogue topics

• food
• agriculture
• cooking
• dining

Opening tracks: first 24 of 39

1. 00 - Pantropheon — 15:22
2. 01 - Agriculture — 24:49
3. 02 - Cereals — 13:49
4. 03 - Grinding of Corn — 18:02
5. 04 - Manipulation of Flour — 26:46
6. 05 - Frumenta — 15:33
7. 06 - Grains : Seeds — 8:41
8. 07 - Vegetables — 9:38
9. 08 - Dried Vegetables — 15:10
10. 09 - Kitchen Garden Part 1 — 29:43
11. 10 - Kitchen Garden Part 2 — 30:07
12. 11 - Plants Used in Seasoning — 17:48
13. 12 - Fruits — 4:20
14. 13 - Stone Fruit — 27:48
15. 14 - Pip Fruit — 32:44
16. 15 - Shell Fruit — 16:12
17. 16 - Animal Food — 26:56
18. 17 - Animals — 42:31
19. 18 - Poultry — 42:17
20. 19 - Milk, Butter, Cheese and Eggs — 27:16
21. 20 - Hunting — 32:09
22. 21 - Feathered Game — 42:05
23. 22 - Fish part 1 — 53:44
24. 23 - Fish part 2 — 42:13

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