Table traits, with something on themTABLE TRAITS,Reading editionChapter navigation33 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…TABLE TRAITS,TABLE TRAITS,THE LEGEND OF AMPHITRYON. A PROLOGUE.DIET AND DIGESTION.WATER.BREAKFAST.THE OLD COFFEE-HOUSES.THE FRENCH CAFÉS.THE ANCIENT COOK, AND HIS ART.THE MODERN COOK, AND HIS SCIENCE.PEN AND INK SKETCH OF CARÈME.DINNER TRAITS.THE MATERIALS FOR DINING.A LIGHT DINNER FOR TWO.SAUCES.THE PARASITE.THE TABLES OF UTOPIA AND THE GOLDEN AGE.TABLE TRAITS OF ENGLAND IN EARLY TIMES.TABLE TRAITS OF THE LAST CENTURY.WINE AND WATER.THE BIRTH OF THE VINE, AND WHAT HAS COME OF IT.THE MAKING AND MARRING OF WINE.IMPERIAL DRINKERS AND INCIDENTS IN GERMANY.A FEW ODD GLASSES OF WINE.THE TABLE OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPTIANS.THE DIET OF SAINTS.THE SUPPORT OF SAINTS OF LATER DAYS.THE CÆSARS AT TABLE.THEIR MAJESTIES AT MEAT.ENGLISH KINGS AT THEIR TABLES.STRANGE BANQUETS.AUTHORS AND THEIR DIETETICS.SUPPER.Previous chapter ←TABLE TRAITS,Next chapter →THE LEGEND OF AMPHITRYON. A PROLOGUE.All chapters and sections (33)TABLE TRAITS,TABLE TRAITS,THE LEGEND OF AMPHITRYON. A PROLOGUE.DIET AND DIGESTION.WATER.BREAKFAST.THE OLD COFFEE-HOUSES.THE FRENCH CAFÉS.THE ANCIENT COOK, AND HIS ART.THE MODERN COOK, AND HIS SCIENCE.PEN AND INK SKETCH OF CARÈME.DINNER TRAITS.THE MATERIALS FOR DINING.A LIGHT DINNER FOR TWO.SAUCES.THE PARASITE.THE TABLES OF UTOPIA AND THE GOLDEN AGE.TABLE TRAITS OF ENGLAND IN EARLY TIMES.TABLE TRAITS OF THE LAST CENTURY.WINE AND WATER.THE BIRTH OF THE VINE, AND WHAT HAS COME OF IT.THE MAKING AND MARRING OF WINE.IMPERIAL DRINKERS AND INCIDENTS IN GERMANY.A FEW ODD GLASSES OF WINE.THE TABLE OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPTIANS.THE DIET OF SAINTS.THE SUPPORT OF SAINTS OF LATER DAYS.THE CÆSARS AT TABLE.THEIR MAJESTIES AT MEAT.ENGLISH KINGS AT THEIR TABLES.STRANGE BANQUETS.AUTHORS AND THEIR DIETETICS.SUPPER.WITH SOMETHING ON THEM.◇← TABLE TRAITS,THE LEGEND OF AMPHITRYON. A PROLOGUE. →