The Pleasures of the Table

Gastronomy from ancient days to modern times — the feasts of Greece and Rome, the great chefs and their schools, the literature of the table, and Ellwanger's own views on the aesthetics of dinner-giving.

Table of Contents

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.

A German Speisekarte

14 pages

The School of Savarin

9 pages

Charles Monselet

M OST noted of literary tributes to the table is that of Brillat-Savarin, who has discoursed on gastronomy with all the knowledge and…

From Carême to Dumas

13 pages

Par a. Beauvilliers

Ancien Officier de MONSIEUR, comte de Provence, attaché aux Extraordinaires des Maisons royales, et actuellement Restaurateur, rue de…

The Cook's Confrère

5 pages

American Vs. English Cookery

6 pages

Samuel Johnson

TRICTLY speaking, there exists as yet no gen- S eral high-class English or American cuisine, beyond the natural alimentary resources of…

At Table with the Clergy

15 pages

La Contenance De La Table

Facsimile of title-page, early part of sixteenth century "Enfant, tu ne dois charger Tant de la première viande Se plusieurs en as en…

Sundry Guides to Good Cheer

10 pages

Of Sauces

4 pages

The Spoils of the Cover

6 pages

Two Esculents Par Excellence

10 pages

Sallets and Salads

5 pages

Sweets to the Sweet

6 pages

Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea: Viewed Classically, Poeti

3 pages

Health's Improvement; or, Rules Comprising and Dis

4 pages

Historique Et Archeologique Sur L'Alimentation, Les

4 pages

Ments, Sauces Et Assaisonnements: Leur Histoire, Leur

Fos (Léon de). GASTRONOMANIA. Proverbes - Aphorismes- Préceptes et Anecdotes en Vers, précédés de Notes relatives à l'Histoire de la Table…

Dotes, Bons Mots, Plaisanteries, Maximes Et Réflexions

GASTRONOMIQUES. Précédé d'une Dissertation Historique sur la Science de la Gueule. Paris: Librairie Economique, 1809. (18mo) pp. 175.

Historique, Philosophique, Anecdotique Et Littéraire Des

6 pages

Traditions Culinaires Et L'Art De Man

9 pages

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