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Absinthe
There are two terrible verses in the Revelation of St. John. "And the third angel sounded his trumpet, and there fell a great star from the…
Achilles
named the godlike, a wonderful grill-cook. The most famous of the poets made an epic of his wrath, and describes how he cooked a steak…
Acqua D'Oro
There are many names for this liqueur, French, German, and English; but if we are to be just we shall always hold to the Italian name…
Albert Pudding
It would be a misfortune if the great and good Prince had not been commemorated at our tables. He has been commemorated in a pudding which…
Aldrich
Dean Aldrich was a Doctor of Divinity, and the great master of logic at Oxford. His name is attached to the following verses, which are…
Almond
There is no fruit that touches the fancy so quickly and at so many points as the almond. If we can- Almond not say that it is the most…
Ambigu
A convenient French name for a repast of one course-all the dishes, hot and cold, together with the dessert, being on the table at once-as…
America
There is a great defect in this volume, nothing being said in it of American cookery, though much has to be said in every cookery book of…
Amphitryon
Few names are more highly honoured than this; yet none is more ambiguous nor more curiously linked with shame and ridicule. The true…
Anise-Seed
ANISETTE. -Anise belongs to a class of plants, including carraway or carvy, cumin, dill, and coriander, which are supposed to have a…
Appetite
The place of appetite at the dinner-table cannot be more happily described than by Carême. He was for a time chef to the Prince Regent in…
Apricot
The old form of the name is apricock, and this is nearer the right word. The last two syllables are the first two of precocious, with the…
Artichoke
It is good for a man to eat thistles, and to remember that he is an ass. But an artichoke is the best of thistles, and the man who enjoys…
Ascalon
Ever to be remembered as the place where the Crusaders found the loveliest of onions, which they brought back to Western Europe and named…
Asparagus
There is no cooked vegetable which raises expectation and lures the fancy so much as the asparagus. We are attracted to it, as to the chief…
Aspic
There are most elaborate receipts for making aspic jelly, and on great occasions let these receipts be followed. But as it comes constantly…
Alderman's Walk & Allspice
An interesting name given to the long incision on a haunch of mutton or venison, where the most delicate slices are to be found. A name of…