FRANK SCHLOESSER

AUTHOR OF
“THE CULT OF THE CHAFING DISH”

LONDON
GAY AND BIRD
12 & 13 HENRIETTA STREET, STRAND
1906
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To

THE IDEAL WAITER

They also serve who only stand and wait

Milton’s Sonnet “On his Blindness”

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. Cooks and Cookery [1]
II. Byways of Gastronomy [20]
III. The Poet in the Kitchen [41]
IV. The Salad in Literature [62]
V. Mrs. Glasse and her Hare [81]
VI. Menus [112]
VII. Oysters [166]
VIII. Waiters and Snails [189]
IX. Dishes of History [220]
X. Lenten Fare [242]