Better Gutenberg
Free, beautifully formatted public-domain ebooks

Food and Flavor

by Henry T. Finck

110 sections · Download EPUB

  1. 1Dedication — Preface: A Book for Everybody
  2. 2I — Ungastronomic America
  3. 3Food Missionaries in the Far West
  4. 4Are Women to Blame?
  5. 5The Danger in Our Food
  6. 6Why the Candy Was Not Eaten
  7. 7Breakfast
  8. 8Dinner
  9. 9Supper
  10. 10Dr. Wiley’s Poison Squad
  11. 11Condiments Versus Chemical Preservatives
  12. 12Scotched, Not Killed
  13. 13II — Vital Importance of Flavor
  14. 14III — Our Denatured Foods
  15. 15“Smoked” Ham, Bacon, and Fish
  16. 16Flavor in Butter
  17. 17Sweet Butter Versus Salt
  18. 18IV — The Science of Savory Cooking
  19. 19Flavor as the Guiding Principle
  20. 20The Philosophy of Soup Making and Eating
  21. 21Wherein Lies the Value of Vegetables?
  22. 22Broiling, Roasting, Baking, Frying
  23. 23Combining the Flavors of Meats and Vegetables
  24. 24Savory Food for Everybody
  25. 25Meat Eating of the Future
  26. 26The Folly of Vegetarianism
  27. 27When to Use Condiments and Sauces
  28. 28Cook Books
  29. 29V — A Noble Art
  30. 30VI — The Future of Cooking
  31. 31Boys and Soldiers as Cooks
  32. 32Traveling Cooking Schools
  33. 33English School Dinners
  34. 34Monday · Tuesday · Wednesday · Thursday — Friday
  35. 35Progress in America
  36. 36Teaching the Art of Eating
  37. 37Real Epicurism Is Economical
  38. 38Fireless Cookers
  39. 39Private Versus Community Kitchens
  40. 40Scientific Electric Cooking
  41. 41Importance of Variety in Foods
  42. 42VII — French Supremacy
  43. 43Kitchen Alchemy
  44. 44Seven Hundred Soups
  45. 45Savory Sauces
  46. 46Profitable Poules de Bresse
  47. 47Digestive Value of Sour Salads
  48. 48Escarole, Tomatoes, Artichokes, Alligator Pears
  49. 49Vegetables as a Separate Course
  50. 50Paris Restaurants
  51. 51Russian and American Influences
  52. 52Provincial Local Flavors
  53. 53The World’s Greatest Market Place
  54. 54Model Market Gardens
  55. 55Mushrooms and Truffles
  56. 56Training Trees for Fancy Fruits
  57. 57Bread Crust Versus Crumb
  58. 58How the Best Butter Is Made
  59. 59Cheese as an Appetizer
  60. 60VIII — Epicurean Italy
  61. 61Olive Oil and Sardines
  62. 62Fried Fish and Fritto Misto
  63. 63Macaroni the Real Staff of Life
  64. 64Cooked Cheese in Place of Meat
  65. 65Birds, Tomato Paste and Garlic
  66. 66IX — German and Austrian Delicacies
  67. 67Delicatessen Stores
  68. 68Sausages and Smoked Ham
  69. 69Live Fish Brought to the Kitchen
  70. 70Game and Geese
  71. 71In a Berlin Market
  72. 72Vienna Bread and Hungarian Flour
  73. 73German Menus on Sea and Land
  74. 74German, Swiss, and Dutch Cheeses
  75. 75X — British Specialties
  76. 76Dr. Johnson and Samuel Pepys
  77. 77The Roast Beef of Old England
  78. 78Southdown Mutton
  79. 79Wiltshire Bacon
  80. 80Fair Play for Pigs
  81. 81Grouse and Grilled Sole
  82. 82Covent Garden Market Scenes
  83. 83Marmalades, Jams, and Breakfasts
  84. 84Restaurants, Cakes, and Plum Pudding
  85. 85XI — Gastronomic America
  86. 86Sweet Corn and Corn Bread
  87. 87Griddle Cakes and Maple Syrup
  88. 88Apple Pie and Cranberries
  89. 89Turkeys, Guinea Fowl, and Game
  90. 90Lobsters, Scallops, Crabs, and Fishes
  91. 91Vegetables Steadily Gaining Ground
  92. 92The Fruit Eaters’ Paradise
  93. 93Governmental Gastronomy
  94. 94Burbank’s New Fruits and Vegetables
  95. 95XII | Commercial Value of Flavor
  96. 96Eating With the Eyes
  97. 97School Girls as Pure Food Experts
  98. 98Pennywise Dealers and Pineapples
  99. 99Successful Peach-Growers
  100. 100Fortunes From Bananas and Oranges
  101. 101Melons, Honey and Flavoring Extracts
  102. 102Opportunities for Women
  103. 103Feeding Flavor Into Food
  104. 104Farmers, Middlemen, and Parcel Post
  105. 105XIII — Gastronomic Value of Odors
  106. 106A Comedy of Errors
  107. 107How Flavor Differs From Fragrance
  108. 108Important Functions of the Nose
  109. 109Educating the Sense of Smell
  110. 110Coffee, Tea, and Temperance

← Back to Food and Flavor

Scroll to Top