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.

Sweets to the Sweet

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

Sweets to the Sweet (Jam jam efficaci do manus)

Jam jam efficaci do manus scientiæ.1 HOWEVER HORACE, Epode xvii, 1.

Sweets to the Sweet: English

The date of the introduction of plum-pudding and mince-pie is difficult to ascertain. As early as 1424 appears a mention in an English bill…

Sweets to the Sweet: Sack-Posset

The recipe in rhyme for this concoction, after Sir Fleetwood Fletcher, soon became as familiar as Sydney Smith's recipe for salad in the…

Sweets to the Sweet: Rocquefort

Cheese is naturally an obligatory portion of the dessert at all company dinners at least at all dinners where men are present. By dint of…

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 road to…

Sweets to the Sweet: Printed

APICIAN MORSELS; OR, TALES OF THE TABLE, KITCHEN, AND LARDER. By Dick Humelbergius Secundus. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1829. (8vo) pp. 212…

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