Book greedy
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“How admirable and beautiful are eating and drinking, and what a great invention the human digestive system is! How much better to be a man than an alligator! The alligator can fast for a year and a half, whereas five hours’ abstinence will set an edge on the most pampered human appetite. Nature has advanced a little since Mesozoic times. I feel certain that there are whole South Seas of discovery yet to be made in the art and science of eating and drinking.”
John Davidson
LES SENS: par Bertall
[Frontispiece
THE GREEDY BOOK
A GASTRONOMICAL ANTHOLOGY
BY
FRANK SCHLOESSER
AUTHOR OF “THE CULT OF THE CHAFING DISH”
LONDON GAY AND BIRD 12 & 13 HENRIETTA STREET, STRAND 1906 All rights reserved
To
THE IDEAL WAITER
They also serve who only stand and wait
Milton’s Sonnet “On his Blindness”