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- W655902022 abstract "Gluttony is ranked with deadly sins; it should be honored among cardinal virtues, Elizabeth Robins Pennell declaims this sparkling paean to art of eating well. An ebullient guide to the Beauty, Poetry that exists perfect dish, even as masterpiece of Titian or Swinburne, The Delights of Delicate Eating is choice collection, originally published 1896, of culinary essays Pennell wrote for London's Pall Mall Gazette. A native of Philadelphia and long-term resident of London, Pennell developed discerning appreciation of fine food company of James Whistler, Henry James, Bernard Shaw, and other cultural elite of London society. She began her career as food writer, she confesses, in spite of fact that I couldn't boil an egg and my only qualifications were healthy appetite and an honest love of good dinner usually considered unbecoming to sex. Her aim was to show that woman could practice cooking as an art, preparing complete aesthetic experience that combined exquisite flavors with beautiful table, soothing room, and lively conversation. The Delights of Delicate Eating elevates our daily bread to feast for senses. Assuring reader that a woman who has mastered sauces sits on apex of civilisation, Pennell dispenses instructions for preparing classic dishes such as oeufs aux saussicons, Bouillabaisse, and sole meuniere, as well as advice on transforming an ordinary meal into a joyful anticipation and cherished memory. She leads reader through culinary delights of day, from fresh rolls of solitary petit dejeuner through elaborate autumnal and midsummer dinners complete with spotless linen, flawless silver, cut flowers vases of Venetian glass, and, of course, coffee. The guest who does not know good coffee when it is set before him deserves to be cast into outer darkness, Pennell says. Better far throw pearls before swine, than pour good coffee into cups of indifferent. Pennell sets good eating as basis for good living, healthy imagination, happy marriage, stimulating conversation, and satisfying social intercourse. For all who would embrace such benefits, The Delights of Delicate Eating offers lovely diversion." @default.
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