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100 1 _aSpencer, Edward,
_d1844-1910
245 1 0 _aCakes & Ale :
_bA Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious
246 1 _aCakes and Ale A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2013-07-22
508 _aProduced by David T. Jones, Mardi Desjardins and the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net
520 _a"Cakes & Ale" by Edward Spencer is a collection of essays on food and banquets written in the late 19th century. The work explores the art of gastronomy, interspersed with various anecdotes and recipes, showcasing the culinary traditions and social customs surrounding meals in England." The opening of "Cakes & Ale" presents a humorous preface that reflects on the author's journey to write a book on food after encouragement from a publisher. He recounts the ambivalence he feels about his cooking skills while humorously addressing the notion of what constitutes good food and the social importance of meals, particularly breakfast. The narrative introduces us to the eccentricities of dining, touching on historical practices, different meal customs across eras, and a gentle critique of contemporary dining manners and practices in England, setting the tone for a culinary exploration that combines knowledge, anecdote, and humor. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aGastronomy
653 _aCooking, English
653 _aEntertaining
653 _aDinners and dining
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43278
999 _c84117
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