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.

Nebuchadnezzar

king of Babylon, a great name in the chronology of the table. He invented salads, was accused of eating grass, and like most originals was…

Newton

SIR ISAAC, was particularly fond of red-streak apples-his one great animal passion. A curious illustration of the fact that a love of food…

Nowell

It would be unpardonable, in a work which treats seriously of good cheer, to forget the name of Dean Nowell, classed by Fuller among the…

Noyau

The French claim for themselves the glory of being the first and the best liqueur makers in the world. They are by no means the first in…

Nutmeg

There was scarcely a dish in the olden time which was not flavoured with nutmeg; and Boileau, in his satire, could ask- Aimez vous la…

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