THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE
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"The Story of My House." With a frontispiece by Sidney L.Smith.
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"The Rose." By H. B. Ellwanger. Revised edition, with anIntroduction by George H. Ellwanger.
"Idyllists of the Country Side." With a title-page by GeorgeWharton Edwards.
"Love's Demesne: A Garland of Contemporary Love Poems Gatheredfrom Many Sources."
"Meditations on Gout, with a Consideration of its Cure throughthe Use of Wine." With a frontispiece and title-page by GeorgeWharton Edwards.
"A SA TOUTE-PUISSANCE!"
From the painting by Gabriel Metzu, 1664
THE
PLEASURES
OF THE TABLE
AN ACCOUNT OF GASTRONOMY
FROM ANCIENT DAYS TO
PRESENT TIMES.
WITH A HISTORY OF ITS LITERATURE,
SCHOOLS, AND MOST DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS;
TOGETHER WITH SOME SPECIAL RECIPES,
AND VIEWS CONCERNING
THE AESTHETICS OF DINNERS
AND DINNER-GIVING.
BY
GEORGE H. ELLWANGER, M.A.
NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY PAGE AND CO.
1902
Copyright, 1902, by
Doubleday, Page & Co.
FANTAISIE CULINAIRE: LE
POISSON PRÉVOYANT
By A. Thierry
TO HER,
TRUE COMRADE, WHOSE
VERSANT TOUCH AND ARTFUL
HAND HAVE KEENED MY
ZEST FOR GASTRONOMIC LORE,
THIS VOLUME IS DEVOTEDLY
INSCRIBED.
"Gasteria is the Tenth Muse; she presides over the enjoymentsof Taste."
Brillat-Savarin.
"The History of Gastronomy is that of manners, if not ofmorals; and the learned are aware that its literature is bothinstructive and amusing; for it is replete with curious traitsof character and comparative views of society at differentperiods, as well as with striking anecdotes of remarkable menand women whose destinies have been strangely influenced bytheir epicurean tastes and habits."
Abraham Hayward.