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.

L'Almanach Des Gourmands

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

L'Almanach Des Gourmands (Good cook and a good writer)

good cook and a good writer on cookery-a cook who can compose and a writer who can suggest and stimulate-at once become of even greater…

L'Almanach Des Gourmands: Savarin

In considering those works that have treated most pleasingly of the art with which mankind is so directly concerned thrice a day, that of…

L'Almanach Des Gourmands: Manuel

Written in a more serious vein is the "Manuel des Amphitryons," a large octavo dealing with the art of carving, bills of fare for each…

L'Almanach Des Gourmands (Mously to the Almanach)

mously to the "Almanach," his greatest literary fame resting on his "Art Culinaire."

L'Almanach Des Gourmands: Sage

Nor was an exposé of a guest who had served a large and inferior pâté at a rural outing, furnished by a vulgar artist-claiming it as one of…

L'Almanach Des Gourmands: Women

To become a member of the jury, a unanimity of votes was necessary, rank or social status being a secondary consideration to gastronomic…

L'Almanach Des Gourmands: Gourmand

It will prove interesting to know how the word "gourmand" was defined by one who was most capable of interpreting it, the differentiation…

L'Almanach Des Gourmands: Gastaldy

Gastaldy, Président-perpétuel of the Jury dégustateur, who united in the highest degree all those qualities that combine to form the most…

L'Almanach Des Gourmands: Dumas

While no doubt the author understood the theory of the cuisine, we have no reason to suppose that, like Dumas, he was a thoroughly…

L'Almanach Des Gourmands

by an indigestion that may postpone his labours in behalf of the noblest of the arts?

L'Almanach Des Gourmands: Rocher

Unfortunately, no menus of the Jury dégustateur have been preserved, though one is presented of the celebrated restaurant, the Rocher de…

L'Almanach Des Gourmands: Potages

Un aspic de filets 4 Potages.

L'Almanach Des Gourmands (Thing to coquet and flirt)

a thing to coquet and flirt with, rather than to charge upon with no thought of the penalty of the morrow. As the mention of truffles à la…

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