Table traits, with something on them
WITH
SOMETHING ON THEM.
DR. DORAN.
“Je suis aujourd’hui en train de conter; plaise à Dieu que cela ne soit pas une calamité publique.”—Brillat Savarin.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET;
OLIVER & BOYD, EDINBURGH; HODGES & SMITH, DUBLIN;
AND TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS, AND AT THE RAILWAY STATIONS.
1854.
LONDON: R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY, EARL OF HAREWOOD, IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF BY-GONE HAPPY YEARS, THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED BY
THE AUTHOR.
Dr. Doran
TABLE TRAITS,
TABLE TRAITS,
DIET AND DIGESTION.
WATER.
BREAKFAST.
MATERIALS FOR BREAKFAST.
CORN.
BUTTER.
TEA.
COFFEE.
CHOCOLATE.
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.
AN INCIDENT OF TRAVEL.
A FEW ODD GLASSES OF WINE.
THE TABLE OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPTIANS.
THE DIET OF SAINTS.
THE BRIDAL AND BANQUET OF FERQUES.
THE SUPPORT OF SAINTS OF LATER DAYS.
THE CÆSARS AT TABLE.
THEIR MAJESTIES AT MEAT.
ENGLISH KINGS AT THEIR TABLES.
STRANGE BANQUETS.
THE CASTELLAN OF COUCY, OR THE HEART.
AUTHORS AND THEIR DIETETICS.
THE LIQUOR-LOVING LAUREATES.
SUPPER.
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