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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Traditions Culinaires Et L'Art De Man: Cuisine

Cordon-bleu, origin of the term, 62 Cucumber, remote use of, 9; its virtues, 425 Cuisine, the ideal, defined, 258 Cuisine classique (the), 200 "Cuisinier Parisien (Le)," quoted, 203; referred to, 206, 349 Curaçoa sec, as a digestive, 192 Curé, anecdote of a, 293 Cussy (Marquis de), referred to, 67, 127, 211, 213, 225, 305; quoted, 120, 181, 201, 346, 383, 408 Cuyp, referred to, 6, 203, 245 Claré, 96 Claudius, his great dining-room, 43 Clergy (the), elaborate banquets given by, 90; table excesses of, in old Alsace, 149.

Vide also individual references Davis, Lieutenant-Colonel Newnham, 337-339 De Candolle, referred to, 256 Deffand (Mme. du), on strawberries, 144 Delavigne (Cassimir), on dinners, 112 "Délices de la Campagne (Les)," 59 Délille (l'Abbé), on gardening, 71 ner," 336 "Cobbe's Prophecies," quoted, 80 "De re Culinaria," 29, 41, 50 Climate vs. alimentation, 168, 270, 334 Clough (Arthur Hugh), poem on "The Din- De Quincey on midday dining, 146 Cocktail, physiology of the, 196 Coffee, remote use of, 9 Colbert, referred to, 55 "Compleat Housewife (The)," Mrs. E.

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