Kettner's Book of the Table

Every food on the Victorian table gets its history, its etymology and a strong opinion — the wittiest cookery book of 1877, written in secret by a Times leader-writer and named for London's most fashionable restaurant.

Table of Contents

The Introduction

5 entries

A

17 entries

B

41 entries

C

43 entries

D

7 entries

E

6 entries

F

9 entries

G

16 entries

H

11 entries

I

5 entries

J

5 entries

K

4 entries

L

13 entries

M

18 entries

N

5 entries

O

8 entries

P

25 entries

Q

1 entry

R

10 entries

S

31 entries

T

10 entries

V

8 entries

W

11 entries

X

1 entry

Y

2 entries

Z

1 entry

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