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.

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This Volume Is Devotedly

INSCRIBED. "Gasteria is the Tenth Muse; she presides over the enjoyments of Taste."

BRILLAT-SAVARIN. "The History of Gastronomy is that of manners, if not of morals; and the learned are aware that its literature is both instructive and amusing; for it is replete with curious traits of character and comparative views of society at different periods, as well as with striking anecdotes of remarkable men and women whose destinies have been strangely influenced by their epicurean tastes and habits."

This Volume Is Devotedly — from The Pleasures of the Table (1902)

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