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Eggs
There is an old philosophic question-Which was produced first, the egg or the hen? Theologians might perhaps decide for the egg, on the…
Endive
as known at our tables, is of three kinds, one of which may be dismissed with a word. It is the wild endive or succory, called in France…
Epicure
The name of Epicurus is a standing proof of the irony and bitterness of life. A philosopher who magnified the pleasures of the mind, his…
Epigram
"I have been dining," said a French nobleman to one of those wealthy but often ignorant tax-farmers who used to be called financiers in…
Escalopes
English cooks are bad enough in their corruptions, but the French ones beat them hollow, and then the English ones, to show off their…
Essence
There is something of humbug in this. We have essence of ham, essence of truffles, essence of chicken, essence of game. These are…