 There is a familiar and too much despised branch of civilization, of which the population of this country is singularly and unhappily ignorant; that of cookery. The art of eating and drinking, is one of those on which more depends, perhaps, than on any...  Accounting for Taste: The Triumph of French Cuisine - Page xivby Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson - 2006 - 262 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | James Fenimore Cooper - Democracy - 1838 - 206 pages
...civilization, of which the population of this country is singularly and unhappily ignorant; that of cookery. The art of eating and drinking, is one of those on...morals, are all, more or less, connected with our diet. The Americans are the grossest feeders of any civilized nation known. As a nation, their food is heavy,... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Atlantic States - 1841 - 530 pages
...of •which the population of this country is singularly and unhappily ignorant : that of cookery. The art of eating and drinking is one of those on...morals, are all more or less connected with our diet. The Americans are the grossest feeders of any civilized nation known. As a nation, their food is heavy,... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - History - 2004 - 214 pages
...civilization, of which the population of this country is singularly and unhappily ignorant; that of cookery. The art of eating and drinking, is one of those on...morals, are all, more or less, connected with our diet. The Americans are the grossest feeders of any civilized nation known. As a nation, their food is heavy,... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - United States - 1838 - 208 pages
...civilization, of which the population of this country is singularly and unhappily ignorant ; that of cookery. The art of eating and drinking, is one of those on...morals, are all, more or less, connected with our diet. The Americans are the grossest feeders of any civilized nation known. As a nation, their food is heavy,... | |
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