TABLE TRAITS,

WITH

SOMETHING ON THEM.

BY

DR. DORAN.

“Je suis aujourd’hui en train de conter; plaise à Dieu que cela ne soit pas une calamité publique.”—Brillat Savarin.

LONDON:

RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET;

OLIVER & BOYD, EDINBURGH; HODGES & SMITH, DUBLIN;

AND TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS, AND AT THE RAILWAY STATIONS.

1854.

LONDON:
R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL.

TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
HENRY, EARL OF HAREWOOD,
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF BY-GONE
HAPPY YEARS,
THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED
BY

THE AUTHOR.

BILL OF FARE.

PAGE
The Legend of Amphitryon—a Prologue 1
Diet and Digestion 9
Water 14
Breakfast 26
Materials for Breakfast 31
Corn, Bread, &c. 36
Tea 48
Coffee 57
Chocolate 64
The Old Coffee Houses 67
The French Cafés 80
The Ancient Cook and his Art 86
The Modern Cook and his Science 99
Pen and Ink Sketch of Carême 114
Dinner Traits 123
The Materials for Dining 136
A Light Dinner for two 169
Sauces 190
The Parasite 219
Table Traits of Utopia and the Golden Age...

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