The Epicurean
A Treatise on the Culinary Art — Charles Ranhofer of Delmonico’s — 1894

Delmonico’s Menus — 1862 to 1894

A gallery of famous bills of fare served at Delmonico’s: the Dickens dinner, the Morton dinner, and thirty years of grand occasions.

Fruits.Fromage.
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