The Pleasures of the Table / 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

"Among the hills and valleys,

Festooned with wreathing vine,

Where purple grapes and opal

Drop red and golden wine,

There is a wine delicious

In a hamlet little known,

With a taste like the mountain flower

That blooms in spring alone.

Here pause, O wandering Abbot!

Thy ponderous frame can rest,