Gusto : essential writings in nineteenth-century gastronomy /
Gusto : essential writings in nineteenth-century gastronomy /
edited with an introduction by Denise Gigante ; with a foreword by Harold Bloom.
- xliii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Introduction / Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de la Reyniere (1758-1837) : in English translation by Michael Garval -- From The gourmand's almanac (1803-12) -- From The host's manual (1808) -- William Kitchiner (1775 -1827) -- From The cook's oracle (1817) -- From Peptic precepts (1821) -- Launcelot Sturgeon (pseudonym) -- From Essays, moral, philosophical, and stomachical (1822) -- Charles Lamb (1775-1834) -- A dissertation upon roast pig (1823) -- Grace before meat (1823) -- Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) -- From Physiologie du Gout (1826) -- Dick Humelbergius Secundus (pseudonym) -- From Apician morsels (1829) -- Harold Bloom -- Denise Gigante -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Foreword / Introduction / Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de la Reyniere (1758-1837) : in English translation by Michael Garval -- From The gourmand's almanac (1803-12) -- From The host's manual (1808) -- William Kitchiner (1775[?]-1827) -- From The cook's oracle (1817) -- From Peptic precepts (1821) -- Launcelot Sturgeon (pseudonym) -- From Essays, moral, philosophical, and stomachical (1822) -- Charles Lamb (1775-1834) -- A dissertation upon roast pig (1823) -- Grace before meat (1823) -- Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) -- From Physiologie du Gout (1826) -- Dick Humelbergius Secundus (pseudonym) -- From Apician morsels (1829) -- Thomas Walker (1784-1836) -- From Aristology, or the art of dining (1835) -- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-68) -- From The book of snobs (1847) -- The Alderman (pseudonym) -- From The knife and fork (1849) -- Dining, considered as a fine art (anonymous) -- From Harper's New Monthly Magazine (December 1858) -- William Blanchard Jerrold (1826-84) -- From The epicure's year book and table companion (1868) -- Alexandre Dumas (1802-70) -- From Dictionary of cuisine (1873) -- Joseph Berchoux (1760-1839) -- From Gastronomy, or the Bon-vivant's guide (1801) -- Subjects of the frontispieces -- From The gourmand's almanac (1803-12). Harold Bloom -- Denise Gigante -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. App. A. App. B.
An anthology of 19th century English & French writing on the arts & pleasures of the table, this volume includes contributions by Thackeray, Lamb and Dumas, as well as pseudonymous authors such as Launcelot Sturgeon & Dick Humelbergius Secundus.
041597092X 0415970938 9780415970921 9780415970938
2005006001
Cooking, English--History--19th century.
Cooking, French--History--19th century.
Gastronomy--History--19th century.
TX637 / .G85 2005
641.013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Introduction / Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de la Reyniere (1758-1837) : in English translation by Michael Garval -- From The gourmand's almanac (1803-12) -- From The host's manual (1808) -- William Kitchiner (1775 -1827) -- From The cook's oracle (1817) -- From Peptic precepts (1821) -- Launcelot Sturgeon (pseudonym) -- From Essays, moral, philosophical, and stomachical (1822) -- Charles Lamb (1775-1834) -- A dissertation upon roast pig (1823) -- Grace before meat (1823) -- Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) -- From Physiologie du Gout (1826) -- Dick Humelbergius Secundus (pseudonym) -- From Apician morsels (1829) -- Harold Bloom -- Denise Gigante -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Foreword / Introduction / Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de la Reyniere (1758-1837) : in English translation by Michael Garval -- From The gourmand's almanac (1803-12) -- From The host's manual (1808) -- William Kitchiner (1775[?]-1827) -- From The cook's oracle (1817) -- From Peptic precepts (1821) -- Launcelot Sturgeon (pseudonym) -- From Essays, moral, philosophical, and stomachical (1822) -- Charles Lamb (1775-1834) -- A dissertation upon roast pig (1823) -- Grace before meat (1823) -- Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) -- From Physiologie du Gout (1826) -- Dick Humelbergius Secundus (pseudonym) -- From Apician morsels (1829) -- Thomas Walker (1784-1836) -- From Aristology, or the art of dining (1835) -- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-68) -- From The book of snobs (1847) -- The Alderman (pseudonym) -- From The knife and fork (1849) -- Dining, considered as a fine art (anonymous) -- From Harper's New Monthly Magazine (December 1858) -- William Blanchard Jerrold (1826-84) -- From The epicure's year book and table companion (1868) -- Alexandre Dumas (1802-70) -- From Dictionary of cuisine (1873) -- Joseph Berchoux (1760-1839) -- From Gastronomy, or the Bon-vivant's guide (1801) -- Subjects of the frontispieces -- From The gourmand's almanac (1803-12). Harold Bloom -- Denise Gigante -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. App. A. App. B.
An anthology of 19th century English & French writing on the arts & pleasures of the table, this volume includes contributions by Thackeray, Lamb and Dumas, as well as pseudonymous authors such as Launcelot Sturgeon & Dick Humelbergius Secundus.
041597092X 0415970938 9780415970921 9780415970938
2005006001
Cooking, English--History--19th century.
Cooking, French--History--19th century.
Gastronomy--History--19th century.
TX637 / .G85 2005
641.013