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.

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5 entries in this part of Kettner's Book of the Table.

Indigestion

There is no such cure for indigestion as that prescribed by Harry the Eighth and recorded as follows by Thomas Fuller in his Church History…

Inn

Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his changes may have been, Will sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at…

Irish Stew

There are two possible reasons for the name of this dish. The first is Hibernian-it is unknown in Ireland; the second is that the stuff of…

Isinglass

The remarks of Liebig upon gelatine apply equally to isinglass, which must henceforth be regarded rather as a vehicle of ornament than as…

Italian Sauce

Most of the cookery books are curiously uncertain about this sauce. Some make it white, some make it brown, and others make it both white…

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