Fish, fondness of the old Latins for, 26; days in Elizabeth's era, 90, 308; omelettes and pâtés of, 149; variety and superiority of American, 251; its complementary wine, 309; proper cookery of, 368 Flamingo (the), as a table bird, 44 Fletcher (John), quoted, 96 Flint cracker, origin of the, 263 Fouquet, referred to, 54, 55, 58 Francatelli, referred to, 6, 106, 199, 208, 226, 350 France (Anatole), his _mot_ on the pâté de Chartres, 434 Frederick the Great, his poem to his cook, 146 Frog (the), his first leap into the frying-pan, 150 Fruit, after dinner, 267 Fruits, the first cultivated, 9; glass-grown in England, 273; superiority of those of western New York, 274 Frying, theory of, 179 Fuger (Bishop), anecdote of, 310 _et seq._ Game, Savarin's references to, 192, 193, 197; Anthony Hayward on its cookery, 333; preservation and protection of, 357-358; definition of the term, 358; effect of food upon flavour of, 359-360, 362-363, 370; proper wines to accompany, 372; species, haunts, pursuit, protection, value, and cookery of, _Vide_ chapter "The Spoils of the Cover" Garum, of the ancients, 46 Gastaldy (Dr.), anecdote of, 120; as an epicure, 130 Gastronomer, the ideal, defined, 442-446 Gastronomic tests, Savarin's illustration of, 190 Gastronomy, Archestratus' lost poem on, 13; Berchoux's poem on, 73-76, 184; as defined by M. de Borose, 81; as defined by La Reynière, 128; French _vs._ German, 145, 151, 152; finesse of its ethics, 157-158; one of the most important arts, 176; as defined by the "Dictionnaire de la Conversation," 184; as defined by Savarin, 184; cry of its decadence, 194; its mainspring the pig, 229 _et seq._; as promoted by the religious orders, 285 _et seq._, 335; in relation to sauces, 345; St. Ange's disquisition on, 378-381; in relation to sport, 354, 356, 445. _Vide_ also "Cookery," "Dinners," and individual references Gavarni, his _mot_ on the mushroom, 407 Gemüthlichkeit, of the Germans, 153, 174 Gérard (Charles), referred to, 148-150 Gerarde, quoted, 256, 400, 411 Gibson (W. Hamilton), 406, 407 Glacer à la flamme, 203 Glatigny (Albert), quoted, 63, 341 Gluttony, as defined by woman, 343 Goethe, referred to, 147, 430; poem on game, 169 Goldsmith (Oliver), quoted, 108 Gonthier (Johann), referred to, 52 Good-will, a sportsman's waste of, 381 Goose (the), merits of, in Germany, 156; in Strassburg and Alsace, 159-161; and applesauce, 244 "Goret (La Mort du)," poem, 232 Gouffé (Jules), referred to, 199, 225-226, 227, 229, 445 Gourmand, La Reynière's definition of a, 127-128