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.

Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea: Viewed Classically, Poeti

3 pages in this part of The Pleasures of the Table.

Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea: Viewed Classically, Poeti

BREAKFASTS, LUNCHEONS AND DINNERS AT HOME. How to Order, Cook, and Serve Them. By Short. Sixth Edition. London: Kerby & Endean, 1886. (8vo)…

Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea: Viewed Classically, Poeti: Cookery

THE CLOSET OF THE EMINENTLY LEARNED SIR KENELME DIGBY, KT., OPENED. Whereby is Discovered several ways for Making of Metheglin, Syder…

Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea: Viewed Classically, Poeti: Complete

THE COMPLETE FAMILY PIECE. A very Choice Collection of Receipts in Cookery. Seventh Edition. London, 1744. (8vo.) Smith (E.). THE COMPLETE…

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