"Almanach Gourmand (L')," referred to, 225 "Almanach Gourmand (Le Double)," quoted, 258 Alsace, excellence of its cooks, 149 "Ancienne Alsace à Table (L')," 148-150 Angelica, 434 Anne (Queen), as a gourmande, 102 "Apician Morsels," a piratical volume, 336 Apicius, as a cook, 29; referred to, 40, 41, 50, 200 Apios tuberosa, or ground-nut, 255 Appetites (great), anecdote of the Vicomte de Viel-Castel, 214; anecdote of a Swiss guard, 218; anecdote of a French drummer, 218; anecdote of an English chaplain, 288 Archestratus, his lost poem on gastronomy, 13 "Art Culinaire (L')," 121, 347, 408 "Art de Diner en Ville (L')," 76 "Art de la Cuisine Française au Dix-neuvième Siècle (L')," 206 "Art du Cuisinier (L')," 71-72 Arthus (Désiré), on old tavern-signs, 68 "Art of Cookery (The)," Mrs. Glasse's, 107-111, 316 "Art of Cookery (King's)," quoted, 93, 344 "Art of Dining (The)," Thos. Walker's, 319; Abraham Hayward's, 331 _et seq._ Arts (the) and their masters, 131 Athenæus, quoted, 8, 13, 16, 18, 21-23 Attendance, importance of perfect, 321 Audubon, on game, 362, 363, 370 Autumn, glories of, 373 _et seq._, 398 "Avalanche" (the), of Carême, 200 Azincourt (Albouis), referred to, 130 Baba, its history and virtues, 434 Babiroussa (the), anecdote of, 212 Bakers, the art of the German, 146, 171 Baking, an ancient form of cooking, 10 Balzac, quoted, 5, 351; referred to, 177; as a gastronomer, 219 Banquets, early English, 90, 91 Banville (Théodore de), quoted, 227; referred to, 341, 445 Baron Brisse, quoted, 32, 180, 344, 371, 405, 417; as a gastronomer, 227-228; his splendid gastronomic axiom, 228 Barras (Vicomte de), dinner of, 65 Baryé, referred to, 246 Basting, importance of, 228 Baudelaire (Charles), referred to, 445 Beauvilliers, referred to, 6, 69, 70, 199, 202, 213, 386, 435; quoted, 71, 110, 234, 442 Béchamel, referred to, 54-55 Beecher (Rev. Henry Ward), on pies, 436 Beef, baron of, a royal dish, 92; sirloin of, its origin, 99 Beer, quotation in praise of, 145 Beer-gardens, German, 151 _et seq._ Beers, of Germany, 163-164, 168 Bellone (Dr. de la), on the truffle, 390, 395 Bénédictine, liqueur of, its history, 283-284 Béranger, poem on the restaurant, 140 Berchoux, referred to, 58, 72, 184; his poem on gastronomy, 73 _et seq._, 385 Bernard (Gentil), referred to, 73 Bertinazzi (Carlin), referred to, 129 Beverages, importance of, 4; their relation to national cookery, 151-152, 163-164 Bignon, anecdotes of, 342-343 Bishop (a) of Burgundy, anecdote of, 304 Blaze de Bury, on women, 433 Blot (Pierre), 435 Boar, the wild, 26, 39, 234, 236, 243, 246-247, 366 Boar's-head, carols on the, 91, 93