The Feasts of Autolycus: The Diary of a Greedy Woman

If your soul delight in the fantastic, let few days pass before you have tested the quaint joys of _Partridge Mettenes_. The recipe shall be printed word for word as written by...

Another sensation, another thrill awaits you in mushrooms _au gratin_. Here, indeed, is romanticism gone mad. Grated bacon, shallots, a _bouquet garni_, mace, pepper and salt, e...

But when the hour comes, turn from the hotel, however excellent; turn from the Provençal version of the Parisian Duval, however cheap and nasty; choose rather the native headqua...

There is no monotony in spring sunshine; why, then, let spring's breakfast always strike the same monotonous note? Another day, another mood, and so, as logical consequence, ano...

When the little delicate spring onion is smelt in the land, a shame, indeed, it would be to waste its tender virginal freshness upon sauce and soup. Rather refrain from touching...

Of every woman worthy of the name, it is the duty to master the secret of the perfect salad, and to prepare it for her own--and man's--greater comfort and joy in this life, and-...

NOTE.--_These papers were first published in the "Pall Mall Gazette," under the heading, "Wares of Autolycus." It is due to the courteous permission of the editors of that Journ...

There still walk upon this brutal earth poor heedless women who, in the innocence of their hearts, believe that the one destiny of cheese is to lie, cut up in little pieces, in...

Or, consider also, to make the contrast stronger, the choicest banquet American railways, for all the famed American enterprise, provide. To journey by the "Pullman vestibuled t...

Bright, rich colour the costermonger's barrow, piled high with oranges from distant Southern shores, gives to London's dingy streets; and not a greengrocer's window but takes on...

And after? If you still hanker for the roast beef and horseradish of Old England, then go and gorge yourself at the first convenient restaurant. Would you interrupt a symphony t...

To add cream or milk to Turkish coffee would be a crime; nor must more sugar be dropped into its fragrant, luscious depths. Ordinary after-dinner coffee should also be drunk wit...