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The art of dining / by Abraham Hayward ; with annotations and additions by Charles Sayle.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1899 Hayward
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English
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  • Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1899.
Physical Description:
xi, 211 p. : port. ; 20 cm.
Place of Publication:
London : J. Murray, 1899.
Contents:
  • History of cookery from the earliest period to 1789, with illustrative anecdotes
  • Gastronomic effects of the First French Revolution, including the establishment of restaurants
  • Anecdotes of Cambacérès, etc.
  • Account of the celebrated cooks of the Empire and the Restoration
  • Biography of Beauvilliers and Carème, with a parallel
  • Account of the Rocher de Cancale, with anecdotes
  • Account of the principal restaurants of Paris, with the names of the best dishes and wines at each
  • Instructions for the choice and treatment of cooks
  • Life of the author of the Physiology du Goût, with anecdotes, and extracts from his work
  • His rules for dinner-giving
  • Importance of punctuality illustrated
  • Anecdotes of Napoleon
  • Comparative merits of male and female cooks
  • Origin of the "cordon bleu"
  • List of foreign delicacies
  • Account of some famous dinners in England
  • Catalogue raisonée of the principal cooks in Great Britain, with the names of their past and present employers
  • Lives of Ude and Francatelli
  • The simple style of dinner
  • Account of the late Mr Walker and the Original, with extracts
  • Rules for waiting, and the regulation of attendance
  • Blackwall and Greenwich dinners
  • Importance of good vegetables
  • Account of a Temple dinner
  • Directions for simple dining and for the choice of soup, fish, game, etc.
  • Thoughts on roast pig
  • Reflections on hams and salads
  • Speculations touching pies and puddings
  • Speculations on wines and punch
  • Gastronomic influence of steam and the institution of clubs
  • City feasting, and an old Bailey dinner
  • Political bearings of the subject.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
OCLC:
1933365

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