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Nutrition & Food
The Pleasures of the Table
George Herman Ellwanger
473 pages~9 hr 25 min read27 chapters$4.99
With Lucullus and Apicius as dinner companions, George Ellwanger tours the pleasures of the table: cookery among the ancients, the renaissance of cooking, old English dishes, and the school of Savarin. Gastronomic history written by a connoisseur with a library. Erudition you can practically taste. Accept the standing invitation.
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Inside this book
27 chapters
- 1THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE
- 2INTRODUCTORY
- 3TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 4ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5COOKERY AMONG THE ANCIENTS
- 6WITH LUCULLUS AND APICIUS
- 7THE RENAISSANCE OF COOKERY
- 8OLD ENGLISH DISHES
- 9L'ALMANACH DES GOURMANDS[19]
- 10A GERMAN SPEISEKARTE
- 11THE SCHOOL OF SAVARIN
- 12FROM CARÊME TO DUMAS
- 13THE COOK'S CONFRÈRE
- 14AMERICAN VS. ENGLISH COOKERY
- 15AT TABLE WITH THE CLERGY
- 16SUNDRY GUIDES TO GOOD CHEER
- 17OF SAUCES
- 18THE SPOILS OF THE COVER
+ 9 more. The full contents open with the book.
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