ABSTRACT

This is surely the most extraordinary book on food and eating ever published in the English language. Miss Pennell, who was a correspondent for the Pall Mall Gazette at the height of its amusement and fashionability, was obviously the inspiration of the ‘Two Fat Ladies’. Writing about good food with good writing has never been done so successfully. Beginning with an essay on the virtue of gluttony it traverses past breakfast, sandwiches, dinner, supper, portage, soups, sole, oysters, partridge, salads and savouries, coming sadly to an all too soon a stop at cheese and coffee. Oh, but not forgetting a skirmish with the vegetables.

This edition first published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

chapter |6 pages

The Virtue of Gluttony

chapter |5 pages

A Perfect Breakfast

chapter |6 pages

Two Breakfasts

chapter |6 pages

The Subtle Sandwich

chapter |6 pages

A Perfect Dinner

chapter |6 pages

An Autumn Dinner

chapter |6 pages

A Midsummer Dinner

chapter |6 pages

Two Suppers

chapter |10 pages

On Soup

chapter |5 pages

The Simple Sole

chapter |6 pages

Bouillabaisse; A Symphony in Gold

chapter |8 pages

The Most Excellent Oyster

chapter |6 pages

The Partridge

chapter |6 pages

The Archangelic Bird

chapter |6 pages

Spring Chicken

chapter |9 pages

The Magnificent Mushroom

chapter |12 pages

The Incomparable Onion

chapter |6 pages

The Triumphant Tomato

chapter |6 pages

A Dish of Sunshine

chapter |11 pages

On Salads

chapter |6 pages

The Salads of Spain

chapter |6 pages

The Stirring Savoury

chapter |6 pages

Indispensable Cheese

chapter |6 pages

A Study In Green and Red

chapter |6 pages

A Message from the South

chapter |11 pages

Enchanting Coffee