An army marches on its stomach. ~~Napoleon Bonaparte~~ And Napoleon Bonaparte would know. He, like Adolph Hitler in another time, tried unsuccessfully to conquer Russia. What he fed his soldiers in large part depended upon the invention of a Mr. Nicolas Appert, who invented a [relatively] safe way to preserve food by canning, or sealing in glass bottles, actually. Tins came later. War, a scourge that humans have yet to eliminate like smallpox, demanded weapons, yes, and men to carry […]

Categories: England, France, French Cooking, Paintings, Photography • Tags: Algeria, Banania, French Army, James Gillray, Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon I, Napoleonic Wars, Nicolas Appert, Spahis, War photography, World War I