CONTENTS.

PAGE
Fac-Simile Letters of Filippini and Delmonico	[vi]-[vii]
The Pleasures of the Table	[1]-[3]
Our Markets	[4]-[7]
Varieties of Fish to be Found in the Markets During the Different Months	[8]-[14]
Vegetables	[15]-[17]
Water-melons and Musk-melons	[18]
How to Set a Table	[19], [20]
How to Serve Meals	[20]-[23]
Menus for Every Day in the Year	[25]-[150]
Recipes	[151]-[382]
Supplement	[383]-[392]
How to Carve	[393], [394]
Celebrated Menus, Many of Which were Prepared by Mr. Filippini	[395]-[409]
Curious Menus of Various Nations	[411]-[418]
Index	[419]-[432]
Second Supplement	[433]-[505]

Delmonico’s 341 Broadway
New York February 14^th 1889

M^r. Charles C. Delmonico,
My Dear Sir:—

Your are, no doubt, acquainted with the fact, that for the past five years, I have been engaged upon a work, designed for the use of private families. This work, which embraces the culinary art of the past and present, together, with a collection of Menus from almost every country in world, is now completed.

Having been with “Delmonico’s” for nearly a quarter of a century; and as a mark of reverence for those departed and of respect and esteem to those living, I should feel honored by your permission, to dedicate the book

To the Delmonico Family

Very Sincerely
Yours obedient Servant
Alessandro Filippini

New York March 4^th 1889

Mr. A. Filippini,
Dear Sir,

The work which you have now completed, I have no doubt, will prove instructive and invaluable.

Your labors in the house of Delmonico, satifactory as they have been, should be a sufficient guarantee, of your comprehensive knowledge of the subject.

Very sincerely
Charles Delmonico

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