Description
von Rumohr, Karl Friedrich The Essence of Cookery. Prospect Books: Totnes, Devon, UK 1993. 8vo lg SC 212pp (trans. Barbara Yeomans). Indent
Author
Karl Friedrich von Rumohr (Dresden 1785 - Dresden 1843) was a German writer and patron of the arts and the author of a number of travel books, novels and a cookbook.
A contemporary of Brillat-Savarin, von Rumhor was widely travelled and a highly regarded art historian.