THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE
Reading edition
AN ACCOUNT OF GASTRONOMY FROM ANCIENT DAYS TO PRESENT TIMES.
WITH A HISTORY OF ITS LITERATURE, SCHOOLS, AND MOST DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS; TOGETHER WITH SOME SPECIAL RECIPES, AND VIEWS CONCERNING THE AESTHETICS OF DINNERS AND DINNER-GIVING.
BY
GEORGE H. ELLWANGER, M.A.
NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY PAGE AND CO.
1902
Copyright, 1902, by Doubleday, Page & Co.
FANTAISIE CULINAIRE: LE POISSON PRÉVOYANT
By A. Thierry
TO HER, TRUE COMRADE, WHOSE VERSANT TOUCH AND ARTFUL HAND HAVE KEENED MY ZEST FOR GASTRONOMIC LORE, THIS VOLUME IS DEVOTEDLY INSCRIBED.
"Gasteria is the Tenth Muse; she presides over the enjoyments of Taste."
Brillat-Savarin.
"The History of Gastronomy is that of manners, if not of morals; and the learned are aware that its literature is both instructive and amusing; for it is replete with curious traits of character and comparative views of society at different periods, as well as with striking anecdotes of remarkable men and women whose destinies have been strangely influenced by their epicurean tastes and habits."
Abraham Hayward.