Boileau, axiom on punctuality, 269 Boiling, a primitive method of cooking, 11 "Boke of Keruynge," quoted, 85-87 "Boke of Nurture," quoted, 84-85 Bonaparte, Napoleon, as a gastronomer, 76 Bonnechose (Cardinal), his famous _mot_, 284 Bossuet, his "Oraison Funèbre" referred to, 232 Bramble (Mathew), referred to, 324 Bratwurst-Glöcklein, 163 Breadstuffs, the first, 7; used by the early English, 83 Breckenridge (Vice-Pres.), anecdote of, 253-255 Brontë (Charlotte), on the curate's dinner, 288 Brouwer (Adrian), referred to, 445 Browne (Wm.), sonnet on the mushroom, 400 Bryant, "Lines to a Waterfowl," 292 Bubble and Squeak, 278 Buckland (Frank), referred to, 243 Buffon, anecdote of, 385 Bulwer, on the fox, 161 Cæsar, his prodigal feasts, 44 Café (_vide_ also "Restaurant,") Véry, referred to, 6, 52, 213, 220, 258; Voisin, referred to, 52; Hardy, referred to, 52, 69, 220; Riche, referred to, 52, 220, 250; Véfour, referred to, 213, 258; de Paris, referred to, 214, 219, 220, 221, 222, 258; its great vogue in the '40's, 219; Anglais, referred to, 220, 258; Philippe, referred to, 258 Caligula, referred to, 43 Cambacérès, as a gastronomer, 69, 205; referred to, 195 Camerani (M.), referred to, 129 Capon (the), as a favourite of the clergy, 306 Caraway-seed, abuse of, in Germany, 169 Carême, referred to, 13, 70, 194, 199-207, 211, 223, 229, 348-349, 350, 385, 408, 443; eulogy of, 207 Carp (the), as a favourite of the clergy, 306, 308 Carver, Vatel's definition of a, 60 Carving, importance of, 87, 138; a novel monastic method of, 307 "Castle of Indolence (The)," quoted, 238 Cèpes. _Vide_ "Mushrooms" Charles II, as an epicure, 99 Châteauroux (Duchesse de), 63 Chatillon-Plessis, gastronomical axiom of, 265 Cheese, Martin Schookius' book on, 146; German varieties of, 167; its proper place at dinner, 263; its place and mission at dinner, 440 Child (Theodore), as a false dietetic mentor, 417 Civet of hare, 51 Claré, 96 Claudius, his great dining-room, 43 Clergy (the), elaborate banquets given by, 90; table excesses of, in old Alsace, 149. _Vide_ also individual references Climate _vs._ alimentation, 168, 270, 334 Clough (Arthur Hugh), poem on "The Dinner," 336 "Cobbe's Prophecies," quoted, 80 Cocktail, physiology of the, 196 Coffee, remote use of, 9 Colbert, referred to, 55 "Compleat Housewife (The)," Mrs. E. Smith's, 98, 106, 109 "Compleat Practical Cook (The)," Charles Carter's, 103 Compots, 157, 174, 432 Condé (Prince de), referred to, 54, 58, 60 Contades (Maréchal de), referred to, 159