Article ID: CBB000012996

“Let them eat soup”--Count Rumford and Napoleon Bonaparte (1976)

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Description An account, including recipes, cost, and comparisons with today's recommended dietary allowances, of two soups devised by Sir Benjamin Thompson (1753-1814)--Count Rumford--to feed the Bavarian poor at minimum cost. Napoleon, in 1812, urged the widespread establishment of soup kitchens to distribute this soup during the French food shortage. (G. B. KAUFFMAN)


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Authors & Contributors
Aron, Alissa
Aimé, Annie
Almenara, Carlos A.
Maïano, Christophe
Haushofer, Lisa
Arnaud Page
Concepts
Nutrition; dietetics
Public health
Food and foods
Nutrition
Science and culture
Human physiology
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
Medieval
20th century, early
17th century
Places
France
Great Britain
United States
British Isles
Institutions
Royal Institution of Great Britain
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