Practical gastronomy and culinary dictionary, being a valuable guide to cooks and others interested in the art of cookery, containing sketches and quotations of culinary literature : a complete menu compiler and register of most known dishes in English and French, with practical observations on the same / by Charles Herman Senn.

  • Charles Herman Senn
Date:
1894
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Credit: Practical gastronomy and culinary dictionary, being a valuable guide to cooks and others interested in the art of cookery, containing sketches and quotations of culinary literature : a complete menu compiler and register of most known dishes in English and French, with practical observations on the same / by Charles Herman Senn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    brillat-savarin’s maxims Or) V. Nature compels us all to take a bite, ]>ut softens with the bait of appetite Her iron rule ; obedience she rewards With pleasures only known at dainty boards ! VL Good livers show their judgment in their food. Why not prefer that which our taste finds good ? VII. All ages, ranks, and climes enjoy good cheer—- A recompense for other goods not here ! VIII. The first long hour is doubly drear, except At tables where a knowing chef is kept! IN. Who finds a planet out, his race may wash To serve. He serves them who finds out a dish. N. A drunkard knows not how to drink ; ’tis meet To say a glutton knows not how to eat! XI. First solid foods -then the more delicate! I
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