Author: SCHOTT, BEN
Title: Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany.
Description: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, UK, 2003. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 158 pages. Available Now. Book Description: From the mind that brought you Schott's Original Miscellany comes a collection of vital irrelevance and uncommon knowledge surrounding the worlds of food and drink. Schott's Food And Drink Miscellany is a snapper up of unconsidered trifles (in both senses of the word) - from food history to cooking terms; cocktail recipes to dining etiquette; grace before meals to after-dinner toasts. What other book can tell you the accepted procedure when drinking from a Loving Cup; which potatoes are best for mashing; how to fold your napkins into a variety of pleasing shapes; the correct technique for lighting a cigar, or a Christmas pudding; or how to make the legendary 'Monster Egg'? Schott's Food And Drink Miscellany offers all this - and more. It will inform you of the King who served foie gras to his dog; the feast where guests ate in fear of their lives; the socialite who spiked his punch with benzedrine; and the dining club whose members ate their meals in reverse. An 'olla podrida' of all that is pertinent to wining, dining and socialising, Schott's Food And Drink Miscellany offers everything for the food-lover, wine-drinker, gastronome and glutton. : About the Author: Ben Schott is the author of SCHOTT'S ORIGINAL MISCELLANY. A photographer, designer and miscellanist he lives in London, and divides his time between Highgate and the British Library. : Excerpt. ¢ Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.: FORMAL MEAL TIMES: C19th servants were expected to serve meals according to these rules: : Announced time Actual Time: 6 o'clock...............................7 o'clock: 6 o'clock precisely.....................6.30 o'clock: No later than 6 o'clock.................6 o'clock : DELIA SMITH ON MICROWAVES: I truly have tried ... and we had a microwave to heat things in [during] the filming - but actually, we mainly used it to keep the ashtrays in. I think it takes the soul out of food. - The Times, 1990 : THE OSLO BREAKFAST: Norway's 'Oslo Breakfast' was an attempt in 1929 to improve the health of schoolchildren, who were given the following free meal each morning: 1/2 pint milk. wholemeal bread. cheese. 1/2 orange. 1/2 apple: a dose of cod-liver oil (September-March) : MR BURN'S LUNCH: Montgomery 'Monty' Burns, wizened plutocratic owner of Springfield's nuclear plant, gives Homer Simpson his antiquarian luncheon order: '...a single pillow of Shredded Wheat, some steamed toast, and a dodo egg.' : THE TEMPERAMENT OF COOKS: It should also be remembered that an ill-tempered man can never succeed as a master in the culinary art, since the derangement of his gastric juices destroys the peculiar excellence which should govern his palate: it leaves it vitiated and tasteless.: - Charles Pierce, The Household Manager 1862 : SOME QUOTATIONS ON SMOKING: RUDYARD KIPLING ... a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a Smoke : COLETTE When a wife can purchase her husband the right cigars, their relationship is blessed. : SHERLOCK HOLMES It is quite a three-pipe problem... : WINSTON CHURCHILL I always carry Cuba in my mouth. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 8. Category: None Set; Hardbacks; Reference & Gastronomy; Inventory No: F232-1210.

Keywords: BZDB395 Food -- Miscellanea, Beverages -- Miscellanea, Dinners and dining -- Miscellanea, Dewey: 641 None Set; Hardbacks; Reference & Gastronomy; Schotts Food and Drink Miscellany Ben Schott Hardbacks Reference & Gastronomy


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