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This Volume Is Devotedly
INSCRIBED. "Gasteria is the Tenth Muse; she presides over the enjoyments of Taste."
Abraham Hayward
INTRODUCTORY It is far from the purpose or desire of the author to add another to the innumerable volumes having practical cookery as their…
XVII Sweets to the Sweet
BIBLIOGRAPHY. • INDEX.
Chas, Edw
From the painting by Gabriel Metzu, 1664 Fantaisie culinaire : le poisson prévoyant By A. Thierry Frontispiece PAGE iv xi Le Cuisinier.
Facing Page
3 From the stipple engraving in colours by Bartolozzi, after Cipriani Portrait du Gourmand 24 After Carle Vernet Le Livre de Taillevent 49…
Cookery Among the Ancients
9 pages
With Lucullus and Apicius
9 pages
The Renaissance of Cookery
22 pages
Old English Dishes
21 pages
Cobbes Prophecies, His Signes and Tokens, 1614
HE main attraction of the very early English cook-book, it must be confessed, is its rarity, to which may be added its quaint title-page…
L'Almanach Des Gourmands
13 pages
Second Service
Un pâté de foies gras. 4 Plats de Rôt.
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Highlights
Sundry Guides to Good Cheer
A "Sir, Respect Your Dinner; idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many…
Of Sauces (Je la redoute cette sauce Avec)
"Je la redoute, cette sauce. Avec elle on mangerait toujours. La lecture seule de sa recette donne faim."
Sweets to the Sweet (Jam jam efficaci do manus)
Jam jam efficaci do manus scientiæ.1 HOWEVER HORACE, Epode xvii, 1.
The Spoils of the Cover (It is difficult to imagine)
"It is difficult to imagine a happier conjunction than the blending of the symbols when the arms of a sportsman are quartered…
Sweets to the Sweet (Sprightly though bulky)
sprightly though bulky treatise is perfect, or that any of the voluminous "Cuisiniers' des Cuisiniers" has indicated the perfect…
Chas, Edw
From the painting by Gabriel Metzu, 1664 Fantaisie culinaire : le poisson prévoyant By A. Thierry Frontispiece PAGE iv xi Le…