The Cook's Decameron

A novel with two hundred Italian recipes inside it: ten friends dine together for ten days, argue about food and cooks and country, and each day's talk ends in the day's menu.

The Eighth Day

6 pages in this part of The Cook's Decameron.

The Eighth Day

"We are getting unpleasantly near the end of our time," said the Colonel, "but I am sure not one of us has learnt one tithe of what the…

The Eighth Day: Englishwoman

With some of you I am sure I have succeeded, and a book containing the recipe of every dish we have tried will be given to every pupil when…

The Eighth Day: John

I do not blame the cooks; if they can get paid for cooking ill, why should they trouble to learn to cook well?" "I agree entirely," said…

The Eighth Day: Considine

It was opened the day before yesterday, and I daresay the fizz has gone off a little'? Tea is cheap enough, and yet the hostess seldom or…

The Eighth Day: English

E No Englishman would be capable of flights like these." "Really, this indictment of English cookery makes me a little nervous," said Lady…

The Eighth Day: Italy

If you go for a drive in Italy, you still may meet with humours of the road such as travellers of old were wont to enjoy. I well remember…

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