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Smith's, 98, 106, 109 "Compleat Practical Cook (The)," Charles Carter's, 103 Compots, 157, 174, 432 Condé (Prince de), referred to, 54, 58, 60 Contades (Maréchal de), referred to, 159 Cook, Montaigne's reference to a, 51-52; Berchoux's reference to a, 74; importance of a good, 113; attributes necessary for a good, 203, 207; anecdote of a new, 259; anecdote of a, 393 Cook-book, the ideal, defined, 442-446 Cook-books, early Italian, 49; early Spanish, 50; early French, 52; early English, 81 et seq., 317; 17th-century English, 93 et seq.; old German, 147-148, 150; modern (vide specific references), written by the clergy, 281 Cookery, its relation to life and health, 3, 70, 71, 251, 257-258, 286, 430; modern progress in, 4; vs. matrimony, 6; Italian school of, 6, 49, 51, 195; compared to painting, 6, 203; in Biblical times, 7, 8, 9; of the ancient Persians, 11, 12; of the ancient Greeks, 13 et seq. ; of the ancient Sicilians, 14; of the ancient Romans, 24 et seq.; period of its greatest distinction in Rome, 25; decline of ancient, 48; vs. literature and art, 48; the renaissance of, 49 et seq.; of Spain, 50, 423; its relation to the mind, 64, 176; vs. diplomacy, 70; home vs. the haute-cuisine, 72, 350, 429; cry of its decadence, 79, 258; Parisian school of, in England, 99; of the English rural classes, 101, 102; modern English, 111, 269 et seq.; importance of good writers on, 113, 199; period of its greatest distinction in France, 116; complementary to national beverages, 151, 153; excellence of German, 156, 174; Carême's and the Mar- Désaugiers, poem on women, 119 Dessert, its mission defined, 430; etymology of the term, 438 Dickens (Charles), on dining, 329 Dinner, hours of, 83; a good one, a simple one, 116, 320, 322, 324; punctuality at, 126, 269, 291, 318, 319; a wineless, 127, 263-266, 294, 295; inhuman hours of, 145-146, 150; its true hygienic hour, 146, 268, 269; Savarin's definition of a perfect, 190; Carême's classic, at the Baron Rothschild's villa, 200; Dumas' definition of a good, 213; of the Vicomte de Viel-Castel, 214; the Sunday engorgement, 266; evils of the "theatre" 267; a good, as defined by an eminent Baptist ecclesiast, 299; by the Ettrick Shepherd, 309; by Thackeray, 315; by Kitchener, 318; by the Earl of Dudley, 320; French definition of a perfect, 320; importance of variety in the bill of fare, 329; the graceful liar as an adjunct to, 331; Arthur Hugh Clough's poem on the, 336 Dinners, poor "company," 126, 261, 321, 329; ministerial, 195; similarity of, 195, 325, 328; false etiquette of, 331 "Dinners and Diners," 337-339 Dish, the first recorded, 7 Dishes, new, 72, 353, 380; testing of, 135; Hungarian, 167; abuse of certain, 261 Dom Gobelot, anecdote of, 310 Domitian, referred to, 43 Dom Pérignon, the inventor of champagne, 283 Don Quixote, referred to, 50 "Double Almanach Gourmand (Le)," referred to, 340 Douw (Gérard), referred to, 197 Drayton (Michael), quoted, 360 Dreams, viands provocative of, 197 Drinking-Cups, of the ancients, 31 Du Barry (Mme.), a supper of, 62 Dubufe, referred to, 234 Duck, wild, the art of carving a, 87; "When Father carves the" (poem), 87; canvasback, INDEX 249, 369; canvasback, Rev. Joseph Barber's poem on, 292; wild, 359, 366, 369 Dumas (Alexandre), quoted, 5, 49, 56, 206, 213, 214, 224, 225, 383; referred to, 131, 149, 211- 225, 321; as a cook, 211; as a gastronomer, 221; anecdote of, as a chef, 222, 223 Dumas fils (Alexandre), referred to, 5 Dumonteil (Fulbert), his saying about truffles, 10 Eating, evils of irregular, 267 Egyptians, table appointments of, 10 Elephant, proper sauce to eat one with, 345 Ely (Rev. Joseph A.), translation of poem on the pig, 232 Emerson, his mot on pies, 437 Emetics, use of, among the ancients, 15 English, meals of the early, 82; not appreciative of fine cooking, 210, 274 "Englishman in Paris (An)," quoted, 222 Epicure, definition of an, 128, 131 "Epicurean (The)," referred to, 353 Epicurus, his maxims, 15 Evelyn (John), on salads, 411 Exercise, virtues of, 75, 378 "Faerie Queene (The)," quoted, 235 Fairy-rings. Vide "Mushrooms" Fayot (M.), quoted, 1, 5; referred to, 321 "Feasts of Autolycus (The)," quoted, 343 Fête champêtre. Vide "A shooting jaunt" Fieldfare, 361 Fig-pecker (the), 44, 192, 361 Fish, fondness of the old Latins for, 26; days in Elizabeth's era, 90, 308; omelettes and pâtés of, 149; variety and superiority of American, 251; its complementary wine, 309; proper cookery of, 368 Flamingo (the), as a table bird, 44 Fletcher (John), quoted, 96 Flint cracker, origin of the, 263 Fouquet, referred to, 54, 55, 58 Francatelli, referred to, 6, 106, 199, 208, 226, 350 France (Anatole), his mot on the pâté de Chartres, 434 Frederick the Great, his poem to his cook, 146 Frog (the), his first leap into the frying-pan, 150 Fruit, after dinner, 267 Fruits, the first cultivated, 9; glass-grown in England, 273; superiority of those of western New York, 274 Frying, theory of, 179 Fuger (Bishop), anecdote of, 310 et seq.