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Table traits, with something on them

Dr. John Doran

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Doctor Doran serves table talk instead of recipes: diet and digestion, water, breakfast and its materials, corn, butter, tea, and coffee, each dish garnished with anecdote and history. A Victorian man of letters ranging across the habits of eaters through the ages. Gossip, scholarship, and appetite in one sitting. Dine on the stories.

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44 chapters

  1. 1TABLE TRAITS,
  2. 2THE LEGEND OF AMPHITRYON. A PROLOGUE.
  3. 3DIET AND DIGESTION.
  4. 4WATER.
  5. 5BREAKFAST.
  6. 6MATERIALS FOR BREAKFAST.
  7. 7CORN.
  8. 8BUTTER.
  9. 9TEA.
  10. 10COFFEE.
  11. 11CHOCOLATE.
  12. 12THE OLD COFFEE-HOUSES.
  13. 13THE FRENCH CAFÉS.
  14. 14THE ANCIENT COOK, AND HIS ART.
  15. 15THE MODERN COOK, AND HIS SCIENCE.
  16. 16PEN AND INK SKETCH OF CARÈME.
  17. 17DINNER TRAITS.
  18. 18THE MATERIALS FOR DINING.

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