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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

Chapter 24: INDEX
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The text surveys the history and literature of gastronomy from ancient times through classical, medieval, and modern culinary schools, tracing influential writers and shifting tastes. Emphasis rests on the aesthetics of dining, table manners, and the anecdotal and literary record of food rather than on exhaustive practical instruction, though selected recipes and considerations of table hygiene are offered. National traditions and notable movements are examined—with detailed treatment of French culinary development—alongside comparisons with English and American practices and discussions of sauces, salads, sweets, game and other principal ingredients, plus remarks on wine. The work concludes with bibliographic references for further reading.

INDEX

  • "Accomplish'd Cook (The)," Robert May's, 99
  • Ahasuerus (King), feast of, 12
  • Aigrefeuille (M. d'), as an epicure, 69, 70, 129
  • Aldergrove (John), on game, 354
  • "Almanach des Gourmands," quoted, 70;
  • referred to, 73, 112 et seq., 157, 184, 233, 336;
  • its purpose, 132;
  • aphorisms of, 138-139. Vide also "G. de la Reynière"
  • "Almanach Gourmand (L')," referred to, 225
  • "Almanach Gourmand (Le Double)," quoted, 258
  • Alsace, excellence of its cooks, 149
  • "Ancienne Alsace à Table (L')," 148-150
  • Angelica, 434
  • Anne (Queen), as a gourmande, 102
  • "Apician Morsels," a piratical volume, 336
  • Apicius, as a cook, 29;
  • referred to, 40, 41, 50, 200
  • Apios tuberosa, or ground-nut, 255
  • Appetites (great), anecdote of the Vicomte de Viel-Castel, 214;
  • anecdote of a Swiss guard, 218;
  • anecdote of a French drummer, 218;
  • anecdote of an English chaplain, 288
  • Archestratus, his lost poem on gastronomy, 13
  • "Art Culinaire (L')," 121, 347, 408
  • "Art de Diner en Ville (L')," 76
  • "Art de la Cuisine Française au Dix-neuvième Siècle (L')," 206
  • "Art du Cuisinier (L')," 71-72
  • Arthus (Désiré), on old tavern-signs, 68
  • "Art of Cookery (The)," Mrs. Glasse's, 107-111, 316
  • "Art of Cookery (King's)," quoted, 93, 344
  • "Art of Dining (The)," Thos. Walker's, 319;
  • Abraham Hayward's, 331 et seq.
  • Arts (the) and their masters, 131
  • Athenæus, quoted, 8, 13, 16, 18, 21-23
  • Attendance, importance of perfect, 321
  • Audubon, on game, 362, 363, 370
  • Autumn, glories of, 373 et seq., 398
  • "Avalanche" (the), of Carême, 200
  • Azincourt (Albouis), referred to, 130
  • Baba, its history and virtues, 434
  • Babiroussa (the), anecdote of, 212
  • Bakers, the art of the German, 146, 171
  • Baking, an ancient form of cooking, 10
  • Balzac, quoted, 5, 351;
  • referred to, 177;
  • as a gastronomer, 219
  • Banquets, early English, 90, 91
  • Banville (Théodore de), quoted, 227;
  • referred to, 341, 445
  • Baron Brisse, quoted, 32, 180, 344, 371, 405, 417;
  • as a gastronomer, 227-228;
  • his splendid gastronomic axiom, 228
  • Barras (Vicomte de), dinner of, 65
  • Baryé, referred to, 246
  • Basting, importance of, 228
  • Baudelaire (Charles), referred to, 445
  • Beauvilliers, referred to, 6, 69, 70, 199, 202, 213, 386, 435;
  • quoted, 71, 110, 234, 442
  • Béchamel, referred to, 54-55
  • Beecher (Rev. Henry Ward), on pies, 436
  • Beef, baron of, a royal dish, 92;
  • sirloin of, its origin, 99
  • Beer, quotation in praise of, 145
  • Beer-gardens, German, 151 et seq.
  • Beers, of Germany, 163-164, 168
  • Bellone (Dr. de la), on the truffle, 390, 395
  • Bénédictine, liqueur of, its history, 283-284
  • Béranger, poem on the restaurant, 140
  • Berchoux, referred to, 58, 72, 184;
  • his poem on gastronomy, 73 et seq., 385
  • Bernard (Gentil), referred to, 73
  • Bertinazzi (Carlin), referred to, 129
  • Beverages, importance of, 4;
  • their relation to national cookery, 151-152, 163-164
  • Bignon, anecdotes of, 342-343
  • Bishop (a) of Burgundy, anecdote of, 304
  • Blaze de Bury, on women, 433
  • Blot (Pierre), 435
  • Boar, the wild, 26, 39, 234, 236, 243, 246-247, 366
  • Boar's-head, carols on the, 91, 93
  • Boileau, axiom on punctuality, 269
  • Boiling, a primitive method of cooking, 11
  • "Boke of Keruynge," quoted, 85-87
  • "Boke of Nurture," quoted, 84-85
  • Bonaparte, Napoleon, as a gastronomer, 76
  • Bonnechose (Cardinal), his famous mot, 284
  • Bossuet, his "Oraison Funèbre" referred to, 232
  • Bramble (Mathew), referred to, 324
  • Bratwurst-Glöcklein, 163
  • Breadstuffs, the first, 7;
  • used by the early English, 83
  • Breckenridge (Vice-Pres.), anecdote of, 253-255
  • Brontë (Charlotte), on the curate's dinner, 288
  • Brouwer (Adrian), referred to, 445
  • Browne (Wm.), sonnet on the mushroom, 400
  • Bryant, "Lines to a Waterfowl," 292
  • Bubble and Squeak, 278
  • Buckland (Frank), referred to, 243
  • Buffon, anecdote of, 385
  • Bulwer, on the fox, 161
  • Cæsar, his prodigal feasts, 44
  • Café (vide also "Restaurant,") Véry, referred to, 6, 52, 213, 220, 258;
  • Voisin, referred to, 52;
  • Hardy, referred to, 52, 69, 220;
  • Riche, referred to, 52, 220, 250;
  • Véfour, referred to, 213, 258;
  • de Paris, referred to, 214, 219, 220, 221, 222, 258;
  • its great vogue in the '40's, 219;
  • Anglais, referred to, 220, 258;
  • Philippe, referred to, 258
  • Caligula, referred to, 43
  • Cambacérès, as a gastronomer, 69, 205;
  • referred to, 195
  • Camerani (M.), referred to, 129
  • Capon (the), as a favourite of the clergy, 306
  • Caraway-seed, abuse of, in Germany, 169
  • Carême, referred to, 13, 70, 194, 199-207, 211, 223, 229, 348-349, 350, 385, 408, 443;
  • eulogy of, 207
  • Carp (the), as a favourite of the clergy, 306, 308
  • Carver, Vatel's definition of a, 60
  • Carving, importance of, 87, 138;
  • a novel monastic method of, 307
  • "Castle of Indolence (The)," quoted, 238
  • Cèpes. Vide "Mushrooms"
  • Charles II, as an epicure, 99
  • Châteauroux (Duchesse de), 63
  • Chatillon-Plessis, gastronomical axiom of, 265
  • Cheese, Martin Schookius' book on, 146;
  • German varieties of, 167;
  • its proper place at dinner, 263;
  • its place and mission at dinner, 440
  • Child (Theodore), as a false dietetic mentor, 417
  • Civet of hare, 51
  • Claré, 96
  • Claudius, his great dining-room, 43
  • Clergy (the), elaborate banquets given by, 90;
  • table excesses of, in old Alsace, 149.
  • Vide also individual references
  • Climate vs. alimentation, 168, 270, 334
  • Clough (Arthur Hugh), poem on "The Dinner," 336
  • "Cobbe's Prophecies," quoted, 80
  • Cocktail, physiology of the, 196
  • Coffee, remote use of, 9
  • Colbert, referred to, 55
  • "Compleat Housewife (The)," Mrs. E. Smith's, 98, 106, 109
  • "Compleat Practical Cook (The)," Charles Carter's, 103
  • Compots, 157, 174, 432
  • Condé (Prince de), referred to, 54, 58, 60
  • Contades (Maréchal de), referred to, 159
  • Cook, Montaigne's reference to a, 51-52;
  • Berchoux's reference to a, 74;
  • importance of a good, 113;
  • attributes necessary for a good, 203, 207;
  • anecdote of a new, 259;
  • anecdote of a, 393
  • Cook-book, the ideal, defined, 442-446
  • Cook-books, early Italian, 49;
  • early Spanish, 50;
  • early French, 52;
  • early English, 81 et seq., 317;
  • 17th-century English, 93 et seq.;
  • old German, 147-148, 150;
  • modern (vide specific references), written by the clergy, 281
  • Cookery, its relation to life and health, 3, 70, 71, 251, 257-258, 286, 430;
  • modern progress in, 4;
  • vs. matrimony, 6;
  • Italian school of, 6, 49, 51, 195;
  • compared to painting, 6, 203;
  • in Biblical times, 7, 8, 9;
  • of the ancient Persians, 11, 12;
  • of the ancient Greeks, 13 et seq.;
  • of the ancient Sicilians, 14;
  • of the ancient Romans, 24 et seq.;
  • period of its greatest distinction in Rome, 25;
  • decline of ancient, 48;
  • vs. literature and art, 48;
  • the renaissance of, 49 et seq.;
  • of Spain, 50, 423;
  • its relation to the mind, 64, 176;
  • vs. diplomacy, 70;
  • home vs. the haute-cuisine, 72, 350, 429;
  • cry of its decadence, 79, 258;
  • Parisian school of, in England, 99;
  • of the English rural classes, 101, 102;
  • modern English, 111, 269 et seq.;
  • importance of good writers on, 113, 199;
  • period of its greatest distinction in France, 116;
  • complementary to national beverages, 151, 153;
  • excellence of German, 156, 174;
  • Carême's and the Marquis de Cussy's opinion of old Roman, 201;
  • of America, 249 et seq.;
  • of the modern French, 259 (vide also special references);
  • its relation to the church, 280 et seq.;
  • a difficult art, 442.
  • Vide also "Gastronomy"
  • Cooking-schools, 251, 260
  • Cooks, jealousy of, 14, 202;
  • regulating the health of, 136
  • "Cook's Oracle (The)," 316 et seq.
  • Cordon-bleu, origin of the term, 62
  • Cucumber, remote use of, 9;
  • its virtues, 425
  • Cuisine, the ideal, defined, 258
  • Cuisine classique (the), 200
  • "Cuisinier Parisien (Le)," quoted, 203;
  • referred to, 206, 349
  • Curaçoa sec, as a digestive, 192
  • Curé, anecdote of a, 293
  • Cussy (Marquis de), referred to, 67, 127, 211, 213, 225, 305;
  • quoted, 120, 181, 201, 346, 383, 408
  • Cuyp, referred to, 6, 203, 245
  • Davis, Lieutenant-Colonel Newnham, 337-339
  • De Candolle, referred to, 256
  • Deffand (Mme. du), on strawberries, 144
  • Delavigne (Cassimir), on dinners, 112
  • "Délices de la Campagne (Les)," 59
  • Délille (l'Abbé), on gardening, 71
  • De Quincey on midday dining, 146
  • "De re Culinaria," 29, 41, 50
  • Désaugiers, poem on women, 119
  • Dessert, its mission defined, 430;
  • etymology of the term, 438
  • Dickens (Charles), on dining, 329
  • Dinner, hours of, 83;
  • a good one, a simple one, 116, 320, 322, 324;
  • punctuality at, 126, 269, 291, 318, 319;
  • a wineless, 127, 263-266, 294, 295;
  • inhuman hours of, 145-146, 150;
  • its true hygienic hour, 146, 268, 269;
  • Savarin's definition of a perfect, 190;
  • Carême's classic, at the Baron Rothschild's villa, 200;
  • Dumas' definition of a good, 213;
  • of the Vicomte de Viel-Castel, 214;
  • the Sunday engorgement, 266;
  • evils of the "theatre", 267;
  • a good, as defined by an eminent Baptist ecclesiast, 299;
  • by the Ettrick Shepherd, 309;
  • by Thackeray, 315;
  • by Kitchener, 318;
  • by the Earl of Dudley, 320;
  • French definition of a perfect, 320;
  • importance of variety in the bill of fare, 329;
  • the graceful liar as an adjunct to, 331;
  • Arthur Hugh Clough's poem on the, 336
  • Dinners, poor "company," 126, 261, 321, 329;
  • ministerial, 195;
  • similarity of, 195, 325, 328;
  • false etiquette of, 331
  • "Dinners and Diners," 337-339
  • Dish, the first recorded, 7
  • Dishes, new, 72, 353, 380;
  • testing of, 135;
  • Hungarian, 167;
  • abuse of certain, 261
  • Dom Gobelot, anecdote of, 310
  • Domitian, referred to, 43
  • Dom Pérignon, the inventor of champagne, 283
  • Don Quixote, referred to, 50
  • "Double Almanach Gourmand (Le)," referred to, 340
  • Douw (Gérard), referred to, 197
  • Drayton (Michael), quoted, 360
  • Dreams, viands provocative of, 197
  • Drinking-Cups, of the ancients, 31
  • Du Barry (Mme.), a supper of, 62
  • Dubufe, referred to, 234
  • Duck, wild, the art of carving a, 87;
  • "When Father carves the" (poem), 87;
  • canvasback, 249, 369;
  • canvasback, Rev. Joseph Barber's poem on, 292;
  • wild, 359, 366, 369
  • Dumas (Alexandre), quoted, 5, 49, 56, 206, 213, 214, 224, 225, 383;
  • referred to, 131, 149, 211-225, 321;
  • as a cook, 211;
  • as a gastronomer, 221;
  • anecdote of, as a chef, 222, 223
  • Dumas fils (Alexandre), referred to, 5
  • Dumonteil (Fulbert), his saying about truffles, 10
  • Eating, evils of irregular, 267
  • Egyptians, table appointments of, 10
  • Elephant, proper sauce to eat one with, 345
  • Ely (Rev. Joseph A.), translation of poem on the pig, 232
  • Emerson, his mot on pies, 437
  • Emetics, use of, among the ancients, 15
  • English, meals of the early, 82;
  • not appreciative of fine cooking, 210, 274
  • "Englishman in Paris (An)," quoted, 222
  • Epicure, definition of an, 128, 131
  • "Epicurean (The)," referred to, 353
  • Epicurus, his maxims, 15
  • Evelyn (John), on salads, 411
  • Exercise, virtues of, 75, 378
  • "Faerie Queene (The)," quoted, 235
  • Fairy-rings. Vide "Mushrooms"
  • Fayot (M.), quoted, 3, 5;
  • referred to, 321
  • "Feasts of Autolycus (The)," quoted, 343
  • Fête champêtre. Vide "A shooting jaunt"
  • Fieldfare, 361
  • Fig-pecker (the), 44, 192, 361
  • Fish, fondness of the old Latins for, 26;
  • days in Elizabeth's era, 90, 308;
  • omelettes and pâtés of, 149;
  • variety and superiority of American, 251;
  • its complementary wine, 309;
  • proper cookery of, 368
  • Flamingo (the), as a table bird, 44
  • Fletcher (John), quoted, 96
  • Flint cracker, origin of the, 263
  • Fouquet, referred to, 54, 55, 58
  • Francatelli, referred to, 6, 106, 199, 208, 226, 350
  • France (Anatole), his mot on the pâté de Chartres, 434
  • Frederick the Great, his poem to his cook, 146
  • Frog (the), his first leap into the frying-pan, 150
  • Fruit, after dinner, 267
  • Fruits, the first cultivated, 9;
  • glass-grown in England, 273;
  • superiority of those of western New York, 274
  • Frying, theory of, 179
  • Fuger (Bishop), anecdote of, 310 et seq.
  • Game, Savarin's references to, 192, 193, 197;
  • Anthony Hayward on its cookery, 333;
  • preservation and protection of, 357-358;
  • definition of the term, 358;
  • effect of food upon flavour of, 359-360, 362-363, 370;
  • proper wines to accompany, 372;
  • species, haunts, pursuit, protection, value, and cookery of, Vide chapter "The Spoils of the Cover"
  • Garum, of the ancients, 46
  • Gastaldy (Dr.), anecdote of, 120;
  • as an epicure, 130
  • Gastronomer, the ideal, defined, 442-446
  • Gastronomic tests, Savarin's illustration of, 190
  • Gastronomy, Archestratus' lost poem on, 13;
  • Berchoux's poem on, 73-76, 184;
  • as defined by M. de Borose, 81;
  • as defined by La Reynière, 128;
  • French vs. German, 145, 151, 152;
  • finesse of its ethics, 157-158;
  • one of the most important arts, 176;
  • as defined by the "Dictionnaire de la Conversation," 184;
  • as defined by Savarin, 184;
  • cry of its decadence, 194;
  • its mainspring the pig, 229 et seq.;
  • as promoted by the religious orders, 285 et seq., 335;
  • in relation to sauces, 345;
  • St. Ange's disquisition on, 378-381;
  • in relation to sport, 354, 356, 445.
  • Vide also "Cookery," "Dinners," and individual references
  • Gavarni, his mot on the mushroom, 407
  • Gemüthlichkeit, of the Germans, 153, 174
  • Gérard (Charles), referred to, 148-150
  • Gerarde, quoted, 256, 400, 411
  • Gibson (W. Hamilton), 406, 407
  • Glacer à la flamme, 203
  • Glatigny (Albert), quoted, 63, 341
  • Gluttony, as defined by woman, 343
  • Goethe, referred to, 147, 430;
  • poem on game, 169
  • Goldsmith (Oliver), quoted, 108
  • Gonthier (Johann), referred to, 52
  • Good-will, a sportsman's waste of, 381
  • Goose (the), merits of, in Germany, 156;
  • in Strassburg and Alsace, 159-161;
  • and applesauce, 244
  • "Goret (La Mort du)," poem, 232
  • Gouffé (Jules), referred to, 199, 225-226, 227, 229, 445
  • Gourmand, La Reynière's definition of a, 127-128
  • Gourmandise, as defined by Savarin, 186;
  • vs. beauty, 187;
  • Gérard (Charles), quoted, 199
  • Gout, 143, 270, 346, 444;
  • prevalence of, among the ancients, 46;
  • prevalence of in England, 96, 102;
  • vs. pâté de foie gras, 162
  • Grace before meat, 291, 297
  • Graces, the three spirituous, 196
  • "Grad' aus dem Wirthshaus," German convivial song, 173
  • "Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine," 211 et seq.
  • Greeks, meals of the ancient, 19;
  • gluttony of the ancient, 23
  • Greeley (Horace), anecdote of, 239
  • Grog, origin of the word, 97
  • Grouse, ruffed, 356, 359, 364, 366, 370, 375, 376, 411;
  • pinnated, or prairie-chicken, 363, 365
  • Hafiz, quoted, 423
  • Hagenmark, 432
  • Hamerton, referred to, 243
  • "Hare, first catch your," origin of the term, 110
  • Harvest-home, poem on the celebration of, 101
  • Hasenbraten and Hasenpfeffer, 168
  • Hayward (Abraham), referred to, 331 et seq.
  • Hayward (Anthony), on a chaplain's appetite, 288
  • Heidelberg, a dinner at the Wolfsbrunnen, 152
  • Heliogabalus, gluttony of his reign, 46-48;
  • inventor of vol-au-vent à la financière, 48
  • Henry VIII, his fondness for sweets, 430
  • Herodotus, quoted, 10
  • Herrick, quoted, 79, 102
  • Herring, the "marinirte," 167
  • Hertford (Lord), anecdote of, 333
  • Hervilly (Ernest d'), referred to, 233
  • Hippocras, 57, 93, 94, 96
  • Hirztag, a strange custom of that festival, 150
  • Hollar, quoted, 358
  • Homer, quoted, 20
  • Hone (Wm.), poem on mince-pie, 435
  • Hood (Thomas), referred to, 316
  • Horace, quoted, 11, 26, 39, 40, 113, 398;
  • referred to, 38, 39;
  • his fondness for sweets, 428-429
  • Host, a delicate, as defined by La Reynière, 139;
  • vs. guest, Baron Brisse's aphorism on, 228;
  • his duty to his guests, 264-265, 330-331
  • Housewife, troubles of the, 260
  • Hugo (Victor), referred to, 341
  • Hunt (Leigh), on pig-driving, 239
  • Ice-cream, discoverer of, 434
  • Indian summer, poem on, 373
  • Indigestion, La Reynière on the causes of, 133
  • Ingoldsby (Thomas), referred to, 289;
  • quoted, 280, 291, 306, 438
  • Jacque (Charles), referred to, 233, 245
  • Janin (Jules), referred to, 5, 211, 213, 348, 445
  • Jefferies (Richard), on feasting the chapel-pastor, 287
  • Johnson (Dr.), quoted, 111, 248
  • Jordaens, referred to, 6
  • Jury dégustateur (the), 120 et seq.
  • Juvenal, referred to, 34, 37, 40;
  • quoted, 37, 42
  • "Kalendare de Potages dyuers," 88, 90
  • Kempis (Thomas à), his fondness for salmon, 309
  • King (Wm.), poem on cookery, 279
  • Kitchener (Dr. Wm.), referred to, 106
  • Kuchen, merits of the German, 169, 174
  • "Kuchenmeisterey," 171
  • La Bruyère, quoted, 229, 380
  • Lacroix (Octave), his tribute to Dumas, 211
  • La Fontaine, referred to, 116
  • Laguipière, referred to, 6, 201, 202
  • Lamb (Charles), referred to, 17, 239, 240-242, 430;
  • his apology to the pig, 240
  • Lampridius, quoted, 47
  • Larding (art of), its discoverer, 281
  • La Reynière (Grimod de), referred to, 66, 72, 112 et seq., 178, 196, 213, 225, 317, 336, 361, 443;
  • poem of, 117;
  • quoted, 118, 233, 236, 287, 345, 348, 383, 411;
  • his home kitchen, 131, 132;
  • as a gastronomer, 132;
  • denounced by Savarin, 158;
  • his tribute to Savarin, 177.
  • Vide also "l'Almanach des Gourmands"
  • La Rochefoucauld, quoted, 5
  • Leckerbissen and Frauenessen, 172
  • Lennox (Lady), anecdote of, 335
  • Liar, charm of the accomplished, 331
  • Liqueurs (celebrated), of monastic invention, 283-285
  • "Livre de Cuisine (Le)," 225
  • Locust (the), as an article of diet, 7
  • Louis XIII, as a gastronomer, 53;
  • XIV, as a gastronomer, 64 et seq.;
  • XV, as a gastronomer, 61;
  • XVIII, as a gastronomer, 76, 78
  • Lucullus, as an epicure, 41-43;
  • referred to, 45, 200, 201
  • Luncheon, an ideal woodland, 375 et seq.
  • Lyne (Bishop de), referred to, 149
  • Macaroni, Dr. Gastaldy on, 120
  • Macaroni, Rossini's lost recipe for, 220
  • Madeleine (the), Dumas' story of, 169
  • Mæcenas, referred to, 38, 39
  • Magee (Bishop), anecdote of, 394
  • Mahony (Rev. Francis), poem on pâté de foie gras, 161;
  • his "Watergrasshill Carousal," 309
  • Maintenon (Mme. de), referred to, 67, 63, 340
  • Maître d'hôtel, duties and importance of the, 136-138, 204
  • "Maître d'Hôtel Français (Le)," 206
  • "Manuel des Amphitryons," quoted, 69;
  • referred to, 93-95
  • Markham (Gervaise), referred to, 93-95;
  • quoted, 409
  • Marriage, Balzac's definition of, 351
  • Martial, quoted, 24, 31, 33, 44;
  • referred to, 37, 38, 40
  • Marvell (Andrew), referred to, 81, 252
  • Mauri (Cardinal), his fondness for "Est, Est, Est," 311
  • Mead, its composition, 97
  • Medici (Catherine de), 52, 433
  • Melons, 9, 273, 298
  • "Memoirs of a Stomach," quoted, 271
  • "Memorials of Gormandizing," 329
  • Metheglin, 96, 98, 439
  • Metzelsuppe, Uhland's poem on, 166
  • Mézeray (Mlle.), referred to, 117-119, 125, 126
  • Mind vs. stomach, 5
  • Mistletoe-thrush, 361
  • "Modern Cook (The)," 208
  • Mohrenkeller, of Nürnberg, 163
  • Molière, referred to, 57, 58, 113
  • Monselet (Charles), quoted, 175, 194, 206, 264;
  • referred to, 211, 225, 232, 340
  • Montaigne, quoted, 6, 51, 200, 376, 414;
  • referred to, 147, 283
  • Montauron (Seigneur de), 54
  • Montausier (Duc de), 54, 55
  • Montespan (Mme. de), 58, 63
  • Montgomery (James), poem on the daisy, 424
  • Morellet (l'Abbé), anecdote of, 304
  • Morgan (Lady), referred to, 62;
  • quoted, 200
  • Mouchy (Maréchal de), anecdote of, 64
  • Moynier (M. M.), referred to, 394, 396
  • Müller (Wilhelm), poem of, quoted, 311
  • Mullet, a much-valued fish, 32, 47;
  • origin of the name, 33
  • Murger (Henri), referred to, 341
  • Mushrooms, 362;
  • species, qualities, history, haunts, literature, and cookery of, 397-408
  • Musset (Alfred de), quoted, 219
  • Mutton, Pré-Salé and Southdown, 359, 380
  • Napoleon I, as a gastronomer, 61
  • Nasidienus, the feast of, 39, 40
  • Nero, his Domus aurea, 43
  • Ninon de l'Enclos, referred to, 175, 178, 200
  • North, (Christopher), 309, 316
  • "Nouvel Almanach des Gourmands," quoted, 220
  • Nudels, 167
  • Oaks, list of truffle-producing, 391
  • Oil and vinegar, 415-416
  • "Old Cookery Books," quoted, 275
  • Olive-oil, remote use of, 8
  • Olla podrida, 50;
  • en grande, 50
  • Omelette (the curé's), anecdote of, 299-302
  • Onderdonk (Bishop), anecdote of, 295
  • Onion, an ancient vegetable, 9;
  • tribe, virtues of the, 100, 107, 231, 387
  • "Original (The)," 319 et seq.
  • Orsay (Comte d'), on French cookery, 258
  • Ortolans, 76, 361
  • Ostade, referred to, 74, 445
  • Oudry, referred to, 234
  • Ovens, Carême's remarks on, 202
  • Oyster-beds, first artificial, 27
  • Oysters, ancient modes of cooking, 89;
  • superiority of American, 252
  • Pain perdu, 89
  • Painting, Italian school of, 6, 48, 245;
  • Dutch and Flemish schools of, 6, 246, 445;
  • French school of, 246
  • "Panthropeon, or History of Food (The)," 17, 209
  • Papabotte (the), 362-363
  • Parkinson (John), 81, 411
  • Parsley, virtues of, 106, 231
  • Pastry, La Reynière's definitions of, 138;
  • Carême's definition of, 202
  • Pâte de foie gras, 7, 130, 156, 158, 161, 162, 189, 235, 236, 397;
  • La Reynière's account of a, 123;
  • its history, 159;
  • d'écrevisses, 203;
  • de Chartres, 434
  • "Pâtissier français (Le)," 59
  • Pennell (Elizabeth Robins), quoted, 107, 342
  • Pensey (Henrion de), his famous gastronomic axiom, 252
  • Pepper, superiority of adulterated, 417
  • Pepys (Diary of), quoted, 99-101
  • Perdrix à l'espagnol, 50
  • Perfumes, use of, at feasts, 13, 28
  • Petit-Radel (M.), anecdote of, 77
  • "Petite Cuisine (La)," 227
  • Petrarch, on wine, 293
  • Petronius Arbiter, referred to, 35, 37
  • Pheasant (the), 289, 359
  • Philippe d'Orléans, as a gastronomer, 61
  • "Philosopher's Banquet (The)," quoted, 106
  • Physicians, as gastronomers, 78, 267
  • "Physiologie du Goût (La)." referred to and quoted, 175 et seq., 206, 351, 395.
  • Vide also "Savarin"
  • Pie (pumpkin), its origin, 273;
  • a game, 372
  • Pies, 249, 430 et seq.;
  • wild boar, 89;
  • strange early English, 95
  • Pig (the), his popularity as a signboard, 67;
  • of Westphalia and Rothenburg, 164;
  • as a factor of gastronomy, 229 et seq.;
  • "Dissertation sur le Cochon," 231;
  • "Gli Elogi del Porco," 231;
  • M. Pouvoisin's eulogy of, 232;
  • Rev. Joseph A. Ely's eulogy of, 232;
  • Monselet's eulogy of, 232;
  • Southey's eulogy of, 232;
  • La Reynière's eulogies of, 233, 236;
  • Ernest d'Hervilly's sonnet to, 233;
  • Spenser's and Thomson's unjust strictures on, 235, 238;
  • the Southern razorback, 235, 306;
  • fondness for truffles, 236, 389;
  • Leigh Hunt's essay on, 239;
  • Charles Lamb's apology to the elder animal, 240;
  • as a retriever of game, 244;
  • a German eulogy of, 244;
  • his influence upon the polite arts, 245-246;
  • "Rôti-Cochon," 261, 414
  • "Pig-Driving, On the Graces and Anxieties of," 239
  • Planked shad, origin of, 253 et seq.
  • Pliny, quoted, 31;
  • referred to, 40, 384, 395
  • Plover, upland or grass, 361 et seq.
  • Plum-porridge, 435
  • Plum-pudding, and history of, 334, 434-435
  • Pompadour (Marquise de), 63
  • Pope, quoted, 83, 103
  • Pork, the favourite dish of the ancients, 17;
  • origin of, 230
  • Pork-pie, 89
  • Porridge, use of, by the ancients, 24
  • Potato, history of the, 255-256, 306
  • Potatoes, in England, 272, 330
  • Pot-au-feu, importance of the, 224
  • Propertius, quoted, 38
  • Prout (Father). Vide Rev. Francis Mahony "Psalm, a penitential," 286
  • Puff-balls. Vide "Mushrooms"
  • Punch, origin of the word, 97
  • Punctuality. Vide "Dinner, punctuality at"
  • Pumpkin, an ancient vegetable, 9
  • Recipes
  • A Blue-violet Salad ("The Story of My House"), 426
  • "A Bride's Pie" (Mrs. Glasse), 110
  • A good brown gravy (Mrs. Glasse), 109
  • A liver-pudding boiled (Mrs. Glasse), 109
  • Bakewell pudding, 276
  • Bouillon, Dumas' mode of preparing, 224
  • Brook trout (Savarin), 179;
  • (Baron Brisse's formulas), 180
  • Cabbage, Apicius' recipes for, 29
  • Cèpes (Vuillemot's recipe for), 405
  • Chicken, Artimidor's recipe for, 18
  • Cock ale, Markham's formula for, 98
  • "Dish of Roses" (the). Laurentius' recipe for, 18
  • Flounder-souchy (Kitchener), 327
  • Gigot de mouton à la Richelieu (St. Ange), 380
  • Guisado, the Spanish, 51
  • How to collar a pig (Mrs. Smith), 109
  • How to roast a pig (Mrs. Glasse), 110
  • Kalter Aufschnitt, 169
  • Mutton Cutlets (Mrs. Walter Ellis), 276
  • Partridge aux choux (Baron Brisse), 371
  • Pheasant à la Sainte-Alliance (Savarin), 193
  • Potage aux choux (Dumas), 224
  • Quail à la financière (Gouffé), 226
  • Roast goose à l'allemande, 157
  • Sack-posset (Sir Fleetwood Fletcher), 439
  • Sauce for venison, mutton, and game (Francatelli), 208;
  • for green geese and ducklings, 278;
  • à la Schönberg (Her Gracious Serenity), 352
  • Spare-rib (Charles Lamb's new formula), 242
  • "The Curé's Omelette" (Savarin), 302
  • The hunter's sandwich, 441
  • Ranhofer (Charles), referred to, 353
  • Récamier (Mme.), referred to, 300
  • Reed-birds, 359, 361
  • Rembrandt, referred to, 6
  • Restaurants, first Parisian, 64, 66;
  • excessive charges of Parisian, 140, 220, 342;
  • Bignon, referred to, 219;
  • American, 250;
  • advantage of dining at, 339;
  • Glatigny's sonnet on, 341;
  • Bignon's, 341-343;
  • Trois Frères Provençeaux, referred to, 258;
  • a dinner at, in 1860, 297;
  • English, 270, 275, 338.
  • Vide also "Cafés," and specific references
  • Retz (Cardinal de), referred to, 171
  • Réveillé-Parise (Dr.), referred to, 339
  • Richelieu (Cardinal de), 54, 302, 380;
  • (Maréchal, Duc de), 303, 348
  • Riquette, referred to, 202
  • Ristori (Mme.), referred to, 220
  • Roasting, as defined by the Marquis de Cussy, 120
  • Robert, referred to, 6, 69, 194, 201, 202
  • Rocher de Cancale (restaurant of), 52, 115, 117, 118, 187, 221;
  • a celebrated menu of, 140-142
  • Rohan (Cardinal), referred to, 150
  • Romans, luxury of the ancient, 25 et seq.;
  • meals of the ancient, 27
  • Ronsard, referred to, 52;
  • quoted, 79
  • Roques (Joseph), 408
  • "Royal Cookery" (Patrick Lamb's), 102
  • Rubens, referred to, 6, 245
  • Ruffs and reeves, 335
  • Ruysdael, referred to, 6
  • Sack-posset, 96
  • St. Ange, gastronomic homily of, 378-382
  • Ste. Beuve, quoted, 381
  • Saint-Simon, quoted, 55
  • Salad, 362;
  • virtues of, as defined by Savarin, 301, 411;
  • virtues of, as defined by La Reynière, 411;
  • its mission and place at the dinner, 418
  • Salads, remote use of, 10
  • Salmis. La Reynière's lost monastic recipe for, 286
  • Sandpiper (Bartramian). Vide "Plover" and "Papabotte"
  • Sanzai (Archbishop), anecdote of, 304
  • Sardanapalus, as a gastronomer, 12
  • Sauce, a good, as defined by Baron Brisse, 334;
  • a good, as defined by La Reynière, 345;
  • anchovy, 345;
  • (a good), its qualification, 349
  • Sauce tartare, a novel, 256
  • Sauces old English, 84;
  • best for brook trout, 191;
  • (Francatelli's), for mutton and game, 209, 368;
  • (English), 277;
  • merits of, 249, 345;
  • Harvey's, origin and anecdote of, 277;
  • bread, 289, 368;
  • their relation to gastronomy, 345;
  • Marquis de Cussy on, 346;
  • mayonnaise, its history and etymology, 348-349, 421;
  • à la Schönberg, 352;
  • a list of, for the home cuisine, 352;
  • apple, 368;
  • à la Richelieu, 381
  • Saucier (the), 346
  • Sauerkraut, 371;
  • when invented, 150;
  • (French), not to be commended, 223
  • Sausages, the German the master-maker of, 152, 423;
  • German species and varieties of, 163-166
  • Savarin, referred to, 75, 113, 114, 225, 305, 351, 370, 434, 443;
  • denounced by M. de Courchamps, 158;
  • as a gastronomer, 181, 206;
  • his discourtesy to La Reynière, 195;
  • poem of, 197;
  • quoted, 300-302, 383, 395, 411.
  • Vide also "Physiologie du Goût (La)"
  • Scott (Sir Walter), referred to, 309
  • Seasonings, used by the ancients, 28-30;
  • used by the English, 83, 108;
  • importance of, 446
  • Seneca, quoted, 5, 31, 32, 41, 46;
  • referred to, 40, 44
  • Sévigné (Marquis de), referred to, 175, 200
  • Shakespeare, quoted, 246, 441
  • Shelley, referred to, 234
  • Shooting jaunt, a, 375 et seq.
  • Shuttleworth (Canon), his famous "grace," 291
  • Signboards (old), and their mottoes, 67
  • Smell (the), its influence on the taste, 182
  • Smith (Rev. Sydney), his mot on pâté de foie gras, 158;
  • gastronomic anecdote of, 249;
  • his mot on the pheasant, 286;
  • his poem on roast mutton, 290;
  • on fanatics, 294;
  • his poem on salad, 412
  • Sneyders, referred to, 6, 234, 445
  • Snipe, 356, 359, 365, 366, 411
  • Société des Mereredis, 118, 129, 130
  • Solomon, his table, 11
  • Sora, or rail (the), 360
  • Soubise (Prince de), anecdote of his chef, 37
  • Soup, bisque d'écrevisses, 150;
  • aux choux, 224;
  • croûte-au-pot, 224, 275;
  • Julienne, 281;
  • first mention of, 281
  • "Soupers de la Cour (Les)," 62
  • Soups, German, 167
  • Southey, referred to, 232
  • Soyer, referred to, 17, 106, 199, 209-210
  • Spartan black broth, 13
  • Spätzle, 167
  • Speaking-tube, invented by La Reynière, 126
  • Speisekarte, a typical, 154
  • Spenser, quoted, 235;
  • referred to, 238
  • Sport. Vide chapter "The Spoils of the Cover"
  • Stimulants, before dinner, 196
  • Stomach (the), its joys and sorrows, 5;
  • its offices, 267, 317, 319
  • Strawberries vs. gout, 143, 432
  • —— —— —— (Rev. Dr.), anecdote of, 296-299
  • Sweetmeats, 379
  • Sweet potato, 256
  • Sydney (Sir Robert), anecdote of, 89
  • Tables volantes, 62
  • Talleyrand (Prince de), as a gastronomer, 69, 202
  • Talon (Joseph), discoverer of truffle culture, 388
  • Taste (the), Savarin's analysis of, 181-184;
  • influence of smell on, 182
  • Teniers, referred to, 6, 445
  • Tennyson, referred to, 316
  • Thackeray, referred to, 159, 195, 387;
  • as a gastronomer, 315, 329;
  • quoted, 327, 340
  • Thomson, quoted, 238
  • Thoreau, on the mushroom, 402, 403
  • Tiberius, death from poisoned mushrooms, 43;
  • as an epicure, 44;
  • his fondness for cucumbers, 425
  • Timon (Bishop), of Buffalo, anecdote of, 293
  • Toast, a celebrated French, to femininity, 283
  • Toasts, form of, among the ancients, 27
  • Tobacco, introduction of, 28
  • Total abstainer, anecdote of a, 265;
  • abstinence, poem on, 295
  • Total abstainers vs. guests, 263-266;
  • brandied peaches, 433
  • Trimalchio, dinner of, 35
  • Trout, brook, best sauce for, 181;
  • of the English chalk-streams, 364;
  • American vs. the European, 365
  • "Truffe (De la)," 394
  • "Truffe (La)," 390
  • Truffles, 143, 159, 210, 235, 434;
  • species, qualities, history, cultivation, cookery, literature, and phenomena of. Vide chapter "Two Esculents par excellence"
  • Turbot (the), 33
  • Turkey, a truffled, 122, 304, 385;
  • history of the, 304, 305;
  • wild, 369-370;
  • wild vs. the domestic, 369, 370
  • Turtle feasts, American, 267
  • Ude, referred to, 6, 106, 190, 207
  • Uhland, referred to, 163, 166
  • Ulric (St.), festival of, 308
  • Urbain-Dubois, referred to, 199, 226
  • Van Mieris, referred to, 197
  • Vatel, referred to, 6, 54, 58, 130;
  • on carving, 59
  • Vegetables, used by the ancients, 9, 10, 28, 29;
  • poor cookery of, in Great Britain, 272;
  • importance of good, 330
  • Verneuil (G. de), referred to, 130
  • Véron (Dr.), anecdote of, 221;
  • on the restaurant, 339
  • Verres, referred to, 43
  • Viel-Castel (Vicomte de), anecdote of, 214
  • Vienna roll (the), origin of, 171
  • Vincent La Chapelle, 61
  • Vineyards (celebrated), first founded by the ecclesiasts, 282
  • Virgil, referred to, 234
  • Vitellius, referred to, 43, 44
  • Vol-au-vent à la financière, 203;
  • inventor of, 48
  • Vopallière (Marquis de), referred to, 71
  • Vuillemot, referred to, 212, 213
  • Walker (Thos.), 106, 195, 319 et seq.;
  • as a gastronomer, 326
  • Walton (Isaac), referred to, 81
  • Ward (Artemus), his mot on hasty pudding, 134;
  • his mot on pies, 437
  • Weenix, referred to, 234, 445
  • Wheat, original home of, 9
  • Wheatears, 335, 361
  • White (Gilbert), referred to, 243, 272;
  • quoted, 360
  • Whitebait, as eulogized by Thackeray, 328, 387
  • Whitefish (the), 45
  • Wines, of the ancients, 13, 17, 30, 40;
  • of the ancient Romans, 30;
  • in use in England, 96-98;
  • difficulty of testing, 135;
  • German, 168;
  • of old Alsace, 159;
  • brut champagne, 262, 431;
  • importance of good, 262, 264, 265;
  • champagne, 262, 270, 323, 337, 438;
  • champagne, its virtues, 283, 379;
  • their relation to the clergy, 282, 291, 293, 295, 309 et seq.;
  • "Est, Est, Est," history of, 310 et seq.;
  • importance of a sufficient variety, 322-323;
  • their relation to game, 356, 372;
  • to truffles and mushrooms, 394, 408;
  • Château Yquem, crême, of 1861 and 1864, 427;
  • as a medium of hygiene, 444
  • Woman, jealousy of, 14;
  • imitating man's excesses, 46;
  • Talleyrand's precept regarding, 79;
  • compared to peaches, 119;
  • as gastronomers, 125, 343, 351;
  • La Reynière's distinction of, as guests, 139;
  • created for the selfish wishes of man, 174;
  • her fondness for sweetmeats, 174, 429, 430, 433;
  • Savarin's references to, 192;
  • as an addition to a shooting-party, 192-193, 378;
  • a French toast to, 283;
  • as an adjunct to the dinner, 320;
  • disadvantages of dining with, 338, 340;
  • in the eighteenth century, 347;
  • how she may hypnotise the sterner sex, 350, 429;
  • a toast in sparkling St. Péray to her, 351;
  • Balzac's reference to, 351;
  • the wise one defined, 351;
  • vs. champagne, 379, 429;
  • compared to mushrooms, 398;
  • pretty one should mix a salad, 420;
  • her relation to cookery, 429;
  • a foil for man's mistakes, 431;
  • as a garnish to an omelette, 432;
  • her pet tipples in colonial times, 438, 439
  • Woodcock, 355, 359, 365, 366, 376
  • Wordsworth, referred to, 240
  • Yellowshank (the), 361
  • Yuan Mei, quoted, 6