Table traits, with something on them - Dr. Doran

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.

BILL OF FARE.

	PAGE
The Legend of Amphitryon—a Prologue	[1]
Diet and Digestion	[9]
Water	[14]
Breakfast	[26]
Materials for Breakfast	[31]
Corn, Bread, &c.	[36]
Tea	[48]
Coffee	[57]
Chocolate	[64]
The Old Coffee Houses	[67]
The French Cafés	[80]
The Ancient Cook and his Art	[86]
The Modern Cook and his Science	[99]
Pen and Ink Sketch of Carême	[114]
Dinner Traits	[123]
The Materials for Dining	[136]
A Light Dinner for two	[169]
Sauces	[190]
The Parasite	[219]
Table Traits of Utopia and the Golden Age	[230]
Table Traits of England in the Early Times	[244]
Table Traits of the Last Century	[260]
Wine and Water	[282]
The Birth of the Vine, and what has come of it	[287]
The Making and Marring of Wine	[303]
Imperial Drinkers and Incidents in Germany	[312]
An Incident of Travel	[313]
A few odd Glasses of Wine	[324]
The Tables of the Ancient and Modern Egyptians	[341]
The Diet of Saints of Old	[353]
The Bridal and Banquet of Ferques	[372]
The Support of Modern Saints	[377]
The Cæsars at Table	[394]
Their Majesties at Meat	[412]
English Kings at their Tables	[442]
Strange Banquets	[467]
The Castellan Von Coucy	[473]
Authors and their Dietetics	[487]
The Liquor-loving Laureates	[508]
Supper	[513]

TABLE TRAITS,

WITH SOMETHING ON THEM.

“Le véritable Amphitryon est l’Amphitryon où l’on dîne.”—Molière.