SERVE IT FORTH 3
To Begin 5
When a Man Is Small 7
Greek Honey and the Honz-Zo 12
The Curious Nose 17
Let the Sky Rain Potatoes 22
Borderland 26
Garum 29
Fifty Million Snails 34
Meals for Me 40
Dark Ages and the Men of God 45
I Arise Resigned 47
In Sinistra Parte，Johannus Baptista 52
Pity the Blind in Palate 57
A Pigges Pettie Toes 60
The Standing and the Waiting 64
Catherine＇s Lonesome Cooks 75
Two Birds Without a Branch 80
The Pale Yellow Glove 83
The Brothers 89
Set-piece for a Fishing Party 91
On Dining Alone 96
Sing of Dinner in a Dish 100
Shell-shock and Richard the Third 107
The Social Status of a Vegetable 111
Cesar 116
To End 121
CONSIDER THE OYSTER 123
Love and Death among the Molluscs 125
A Supper to Sleep On 129
R is for Oyster 135
The Well-dressed Oyster 139
Take 300 Clean Oysters 144
A Lusty Bit of Nourishment 146
Pearls Are Not Good to Eat 160
Those Were Happy Days 166
Soup of the Evening，Beautiful Soup 170
Love Was the Pearl 175
My Country，＇Tis of Thee 178
As Luscious as Locusts 181
HOW TO COOK A WOLF 185
INTRODUCTION TO REVISED EDITION 187
How to Be Sage Without Hemlock 189
How to Catch the Wolf 195
How to Distribute Your Virtue 198
How to Boil Water 207
How to Greet the Spring 223
How Not to Boil an Egg 229
How to Keep Alive 240
How to Rise Up Like New Bread 245
How to Be Cheerful Though Starving 252
How to Carve the Wolf 257
How to Make a Pigeon Cry 277
How to Pray for Peace 286
How to Be Content with a Vegetable Love 296
How to Make a Great Show 300
How to Have a Sleek Pelt 305
How to Comfort Sorrow 310
How to Be a Wise Man 320
How to Lure the Wolf 323
How to Drink to the Wolf 329
How Not to Be an Earthworm 335
How to Practice True Economy 343
CONCLUSION 350
THE GASTRONOMICAL ME 351
FOREWORD 353
The Measure of My Powers 354
A Thing Shared 356
The Measure of My Powers 359
The Measure of My Powers 364
The First Oyster 368
The Measure of My Powers 378
The Measure of My Powers 382
Sea Change 385
The Measure of My Powers 393
To Feed Such Hunger 408
The Measure of My Powers 419
Noble and Enough 427
The Measure of My Powers 435
The Measure of My Powers 446
Sea Change 455
Sea Change 463
Sea Change 469
Define This Word 474
The Measure of My Powers 483
Once I Dreamed 501
I Remember Three Restaurants 502
Sea Change 510
The Lemming to the Sea 518
The Flaw 526
The Measure of My Powers 536
Feminine Ending 552
AN ALPHABET FOR GOURMETS 573
FOREWORD 575
A is for dining Alone 577
B is for Bachelors 584
C is for Cautious 589
D is for Dining out 594
E is for Exquisite 600
F is for Family 605
G is for Gluttony 613
H is for Happy 618
I is for Innocence 623
J is for Juvenile dining 628
K is for Kosher 634
L is for Literature 640
M is for Monastic 645
N is for Nautical 650
O is for Ostentation 658
P is for Peas 663
Q is for Quantity 670
R is for Romantic 678
S is for Sad 682
T is for Turbot 687
U is for Universal 693
V is for Venality 701
W is for Wanton 706
X is for Xanthippe 713
Y is for Yak 720
Z is for Zakuski 727
From A to Z：The Perfect Dinner 736
INDEX OF RECIPES 745