Host and Guest
by A. V. Kirwan
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About this eBook
- Author
- Kirwan, A. V. (Andrew Valentine), 1804-1870
- Title
- Host and Guest : a book about dinners, dinner-giving, wines, and desserts
- Original Publication
- United Kingdom: Bell & Daldy, 1864.
- Credits
- MWS, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TX: Technology: Home economics
- Subject
- Dinners and dining
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 70445
- Release Date
- April 2, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A BOOK ABOUT DINNERS, DINNER-GIVING, WINES, AND DESSERTS.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.TERMS IN USE IN THE KITCHEN.
- 5.CHAPTER I. ANCIENT AND MEDIÆVAL COOKERY COMPARED WITH THE COOKERY OF THE LAST HALF CENTURY.
- 6.CHAPTER II. ON MODERN COOKERY AND COOKERY BOOKS.
- 7.CHAPTER III. ON DINNERS AND DINNER-GIVING.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. ON LAYING OUT A TABLE.
- 9.CHAPTER V. HOW TO CHOOSE FISH, FLESH, FOWL, AND GAME.
- 10.CHAPTER VI. ON SOUPS AND BROTHS.
- 11.CHAPTER VII. HOW TO CLEAN AND BOIL FISH.
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. ON FISH.
- 13.CHAPTER IX. THE ROAST.
- 14.CHAPTER X. BOILING.
- 15.CHAPTER XI. POULTRY.
- 16.CHAPTER XII. GAME AND PASTRY.
- 17.CHAPTER XIII. CHEESE AND SALADS.
- 18.CHAPTER XIV. ON SALAD.
- 19.CHAPTER XV. THE DESSERT.
- 20.CHAPTER XVI. ON ICES.
- 21.CHAPTER XVII. COFFEE.
- 22.CHAPTER XVIII. ON DIFFERENT LIQUEURS, RATAFIAS, AND ELIXIRS TAKEN AFTER COFFEE.
- 23.CHAPTER XIX. ALE, BEER, CIDER, AND PERRY.
- 24.CHAPTER XX. ON WINES, ANCIENT AND MODERN.
- 25.CHAPTER XXI. THE CELLAR FOR WINES.
- 26.APPENDIX. LUXURIES OF THE TABLE IN FRANCE AND IN ENGLAND, IN MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN TIMES. — ANTHONY CARÊME. — FOOTNOTES:
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