《The Art of Eating》

SERVE IT FORTH3

To Begin5

When a Man Is Small7

Greek Honey and the Honz-Zo12

The Curious Nose17

Let the Sky Rain Potatoes22

Borderland26

Garum29

Fifty Million Snails34

Meals for Me40

Dark Ages and the Men of God45

I Arise Resigned47

In Sinistra Parte，Johannus Baptista52

Pity the Blind in Palate57

A Pigges Pettie Toes60

The Standing and the Waiting64

Catherine＇s Lonesome Cooks75

Two Birds Without a Branch80

The Pale Yellow Glove83

The Brothers89

Set-piece for a Fishing Party91

On Dining Alone96

Sing of Dinner in a Dish100

Shell-shock and Richard the Third107

The Social Status of a Vegetable111

Cesar116

To End121

CONSIDER THE OYSTER123

Love and Death among the Molluscs125

A Supper to Sleep On129

R is for Oyster135

The Well-dressed Oyster139

Take 300 Clean Oysters144

A Lusty Bit of Nourishment146

Pearls Are Not Good to Eat160

Those Were Happy Days166

Soup of the Evening，Beautiful Soup170

Love Was the Pearl175

My Country，＇Tis of Thee178

As Luscious as Locusts181

HOW TO COOK A WOLF185

INTRODUCTION TO REVISED EDITION187

How to Be Sage Without Hemlock189

How to Catch the Wolf195

How to Distribute Your Virtue198

How to Boil Water207

How to Greet the Spring223

How Not to Boil an Egg229

How to Keep Alive240

How to Rise Up Like New Bread245

How to Be Cheerful Though Starving252

How to Carve the Wolf257

How to Make a Pigeon Cry277

How to Pray for Peace286

How to Be Content with a Vegetable Love296

How to Make a Great Show300

How to Have a Sleek Pelt305

How to Comfort Sorrow310

How to Be a Wise Man320

How to Lure the Wolf323

How to Drink to the Wolf329

How Not to Be an Earthworm335

How to Practice True Economy343

CONCLUSION350

THE GASTRONOMICAL ME351

FOREWORD353

The Measure of My Powers354

A Thing Shared356

The Measure of My Powers359

The Measure of My Powers364

The First Oyster368

The Measure of My Powers378

The Measure of My Powers382

Sea Change385

The Measure of My Powers393

To Feed Such Hunger408

The Measure of My Powers419

Noble and Enough427

The Measure of My Powers435

The Measure of My Powers446

Sea Change455

Sea Change463

Sea Change469

Define This Word474

The Measure of My Powers483

Once I Dreamed501

I Remember Three Restaurants502

Sea Change510

The Lemming to the Sea518

The Flaw526

The Measure of My Powers536

Feminine Ending552

ANALPHABET FOR GOURMETS573

FOREWORD575

A is for dining Alone577

B is for Bachelors584

C is for Cautious589

D is for Dining out594

E is for Exquisite600

F is for Family605

G is for Gluttony613

H is for Happy618

I is for Innocence623

J is for Juvenile dining628

K is for Kosher634

L is for Literature640

M is for Monastic645

N is for Nautical650

O is for Ostentation658

P is for Peas663

Q is for Quantity670

R is for Romantic678

S is for Sad682

T is for Turbot687

U is for Universal693

V is for Venality701

W is for Wanton706

X is for Xanthippe713

Y is for Yak720

Z is for Zakuski727

From A to Z：The Perfect Dinner736

INDEX OF RECIPES745