Dinner, hours of, 83; a good one, a simple one, 116, 320, 322, 324; punctuality at, 126, 269, 291, 318, 319; a wineless, 127, 263-266, 294, 295; inhuman hours of, 145-146, 150; its true hygienic hour, 146, 268, 269; Savarin's definition of a perfect, 190; Carême's classic, at the Baron Rothschild's villa, 200; Dumas' definition of a good, 213; of the Vicomte de Viel-Castel, 214; the Sunday engorgement, 266; evils of the "theatre", 267; a good, as defined by an eminent Baptist ecclesiast, 299; by the Ettrick Shepherd, 309; by Thackeray, 315; by Kitchener, 318; by the Earl of Dudley, 320; French definition of a perfect, 320; importance of variety in the bill of fare, 329; the graceful liar as an adjunct to, 331; Arthur Hugh Clough's poem on the, 336 Dinners, poor "company," 126, 261, 321, 329; ministerial, 195; similarity of, 195, 325, 328; false etiquette of, 331 "Dinners and Diners," 337-339 Dish, the first recorded, 7 Dishes, new, 72, 353, 380; testing of, 135; Hungarian, 167; abuse of certain, 261 Dom Gobelot, anecdote of, 310 Domitian, referred to, 43 Dom Pérignon, the inventor of champagne, 283 Don Quixote, referred to, 50 "Double Almanach Gourmand (Le)," referred to, 340 Douw (Gérard), referred to, 197 Drayton (Michael), quoted, 360 Dreams, viands provocative of, 197 Drinking-Cups, of the ancients, 31 Du Barry (Mme.), a supper of, 62 Dubufe, referred to, 234 Duck, wild, the art of carving a, 87; "When Father carves the" (poem), 87; canvasback, 249, 369; canvasback, Rev. Joseph Barber's poem on, 292; wild, 359, 366, 369 Dumas (Alexandre), quoted, 5, 49, 56, 206, 213, 214, 224, 225, 383; referred to, 131, 149, 211-225, 321; as a cook, 211; as a gastronomer, 221; anecdote of, as a chef, 222, 223 Dumas fils (Alexandre), referred to, 5 Dumonteil (Fulbert), his saying about truffles, 10 Eating, evils of irregular, 267 Egyptians, table appointments of, 10 Elephant, proper sauce to eat one with, 345 Ely (Rev. Joseph A.), translation of poem on the pig, 232 Emerson, his _mot_ on pies, 437 Emetics, use of, among the ancients, 15 English, meals of the early, 82; not appreciative of fine cooking, 210, 274 "Englishman in Paris (An)," quoted, 222 Epicure, definition of an, 128, 131 "Epicurean (The)," referred to, 353 Epicurus, his maxims, 15 Evelyn (John), on salads, 411 Exercise, virtues of, 75, 378 "Faerie Queene (The)," quoted, 235 Fairy-rings. _Vide_ "Mushrooms" Fayot (M.), quoted, 3, 5; referred to, 321 "Feasts of Autolycus (The)," quoted, 343 Fête champêtre. _Vide_ "A shooting jaunt" Fieldfare, 361 Fig-pecker (the), 44, 192, 361