At Table with the Clergy
At Table with the Clergy (W Bishop and Abbot and Prior)
W "Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there; Many a Monk and many a Friar."
At Table with the Clergy (Eggs and various soups)
eggs, and various soups. The introduction of soup, which is mentioned for the first time in history at the beginning of the fifteenth…
At Table with the Clergy: Like
Card. Ippolito Aldobrandino Cawell as many of the priceless growths of the Haut- Médoc. Like the odour of old arras, around the roseate and…
At Table with the Clergy: Cardinal
Curaçoa, it is said, was discovered by a French chanoine, and the aroma of the wild cherry imprisoned in 1 Cardinal Bonnechose, who was…
At Table with the Clergy: Protestant
Far less can be said of the Protestant clergy on the score of cookery or with respect to the improvement of the vine and the invention of…
At Table with the Clergy: Sydney
The last communication from the Rev. Sydney Smith to Canon Barham, better known as Thomas Ingoldsby, related to gastronomy, with the ethics…
At Table with the Clergy: Canon
Canon Barham, no less than Sydney Smith, wielded a valiant spoon, and to the unpunctual at dinner he has delivered one of his most forcible…
At Table with the Clergy (Still believes)
still believes in the sentiment of the grace that was once uttered by an English Episcopal clergyman: "God hath given us all things richly…
At Table with the Clergy: Pour
The reply was promptly forthcoming, and here we transcribe a leaf from the ecclesiast's note-book: "Pour vingt francs un dîner ordinaire…
At Table with the Clergy: Richelieu
Among the dignitaries of the Roman Church, Richelieu was preeminent as an entertainer, his table being renowned for its excellence, and no…
At Table with the Clergy: Spain
The true date of the turkey's flight into history is the early part of the sixteenth century, when the learned confessor and historian to…
At Table with the Clergy: Huldryche
In England, during Elizabeth's reign, fish was largely consumed on the festival of St. Ulric, a pious custom referred to by Barnaby Googe…
At Table with the Clergy: Prout
With fish much is possible in the way of a generous dietary during the Lenten penance and on meagre days. To the devout Thomas à Kempis…
At Table with the Clergy: Clos-Vougeot
When the celebrated vineyard of Clos-Vougeot was the property of the Bernardin monks, before it was confiscated and declared national…
At Table with the Clergy: German
The famous wine of “Est, Est, Est” owes its celebrity to a German bishop named Fuger, who, while on a journey to Italy, sent his secretary…