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Nutrition & Food
The Feasts of Autolycus: The Diary of a Greedy Woman
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
164 pages~3 hr 16 min read30 chapters$4.99
The virtue of gluttony is her opening argument, and Elizabeth Robins Pennell never retreats from it. A greedy woman's diary in essay form: the perfect breakfast, the subtle sandwich, autumn and midsummer dinners, each written like literature because it is. Food writing before food writing had a name. Indulge in every chapter.
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Inside this book
30 chapters
- 1THE FEASTS OF AUTOLYCUS
- 2INTRODUCTION
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4THE VIRTUE OF GLUTTONY
- 5A PERFECT BREAKFAST
- 6TWO BREAKFASTS
- 7THE SUBTLE SANDWICH
- 8A PERFECT DINNER
- 9AN AUTUMN DINNER
- 10A MIDSUMMER DINNER
- 11TWO SUPPERS
- 12ON SOUP
- 13THE SIMPLE SOLE
- 14"BOUILLABAISSE";
- 15A Symphony in Gold
- 16THE MOST EXCELLENT OYSTER
- 17THE PARTRIDGE
- 18THE ARCHANGELIC BIRD
+ 12 more. The full contents open with the book.
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