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.

The Spoils of the Cover

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

The Spoils of the Cover (It is difficult to imagine)

"It is difficult to imagine a happier conjunction than the blending of the symbols when the arms of a sportsman are quartered with those of…

The Spoils of the Cover (Bountiful Providence)

bountiful Providence for his sustenance and delectation, none lends a greater grace or ministers more to the variety of the table than…

The Spoils of the Cover: European (Another much esteemed native)

Another much esteemed native table-bird is the sora, crake, or Carolina rail, who should not be confounded with the British and European…

The Spoils of the Cover: Orleans

About New Orleans they appear in great bands in spring, and are met with on the open plains and large grassy savannahs."

The Spoils of the Cover (Ating peal of defiance)

ating peal of defiance and of love. Consider him amid the rigours of the frost, loyal to his native haunts, true to the instincts of his…

The Spoils of the Cover: European (With the speckled trout)

With the speckled trout, the rainbow-trout, the sunapee-trout or saibling, the black-bass and muscalonge should also be included among…

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