Menus from History [2 volumes]: Historic Meals and Recipes for Every Day of the Year Volume1

A year's worth of fascinating menus from significant occasions in history around the world offer a thoroughly delightful way to learn more about noteworthy events and people, social classes, and morés.Menus from History: Historic Meals and Recipes for Every Day of the Year offers a fascinating exploration of dining history through historic menus from more than 35 countries. Ranging from discussion of a Roman banquet in A.D. 70 to a meal for former South African President Nelson Mandela in the 1990s, the menus offer students and general readers a thoroughly delightful way to learn more about events and the cultures in which they occurred. Royal feasts, soldier grub, shipboard and spaceship meals, and state dinners are just some of the occasions discussed. Arranged chronologically, each entry covers a day of the year and provides a menu from a significant meal that took place. An entry begins with the name, location, and date of the event, plus a brief explanation of its significance. Next comes the menu, followed by an analysis and, where possible, several recipes from the menu. Cover......Page 1 Menus from History: Volume 1......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 24 Preface......Page 26 Introduction......Page 28 List of Menus Chronologically......Page 32 List of Menus by Country......Page 50 List of Menus by Occasion......Page 68 January 1 New Year’s Day Meal, Kosseir, Egypt, 1828......Page 90 January 2 Christening Feast, Cockley Cley, Norfolk, England, 1682......Page 92 January 3 Luxurious Dinner for the King’s Officers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774......Page 94 January 4 Second Annual Dinner of the Toronto Board of Trade, Horticultural Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, 1899......Page 96 January 5 Household of the Marquess of Tweeddale, Yester House, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland, 1817......Page 99 January 6 Twelfth Day Dinner and Supper in a Tudor Household, Ingatestone Hall, Essex, England, 1552......Page 101 January 7 Dinner aboard Steamship SS New York, 1866......Page 103 January 8 Jackson Day Dinner, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC, 1936......Page 105 January 9 Gentleman's Dinner, Ockenden House, Cuckfield, England, 1708/9......Page 108 January 10 Holland Society Annual Dinner, Hotel Brunswick, News York, 1888......Page 110 January 11 Dining with the Ras, The Royal Palace, Andracha, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), 1898......Page 113 January 12 Meals at Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire, England, 1920......Page 115 January 13 Samuel Pepys Gives Dinner for Friends, London, England, 1663......Page 117 January 14 Mallard Night Feast, All Souls' College, Oxford, England, 1901......Page 119 January 15 Portuguese Luncheon, Café Royal, London, England, 1935......Page 121 January 16 ''Upside-Down'' Dinner, Royal Automobile Club, London, 1914......Page 123 January 17 Benjamin Franklin Honored by Typothetæ, Hotel Brunswick, New York, 1895......Page 124 January 18 Prince Regent of England Entertains the Archduke of Russia, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, England, 1817......Page 127 January 19 Dinner for 36, Home of Alexandre Dumas, Paris, 1864......Page 132 January 20 Luncheon in Honor of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, Luxembourg Palace, Paris, France, 1919......Page 134 January 21 Luncheon En Route from London to Bahrain during the Inaugural Flight of the Concorde, 1976......Page 137 January 22 Dinner for Six Gentlemen, Revere House, Bowdoin Square, Boston, Massachusetts, 1848......Page 140 January 23 Dinner of Exotic Animals, Hamburg, Germany, 1862......Page 143 January 24 Gourmet Society Eat ''Eskimo Fare,'' Cavanagh's, New York, 1937......Page 146 January 25 Burns Night Supper, Sutherland's, New York, 1882......Page 148 January 26 Centennial Banquet, Sydney, Australia, Town Hall, 1888......Page 150 January 27 Diet Squad Experiment, New York, 1917......Page 153 January 28 Peter the Great Dines at The King's Arms, Godalming, Surrey, England, 1698......Page 155 January 29 Last Meal of the Crown Prince of Austria, Royal Hunting Lodge, Mayerling, Austria, 1889......Page 157 January 30 Calves Head Club Annual Feast, London, England, 1710......Page 159 January 31 Luncheon at the Variety Club, 35 Dover Street, London, 1952......Page 161 February 1 Broadway Association Dinner to Celebrate the Dodge Brothers’ Sign, Hotel Astor, New York, 1928......Page 164 February 2 First Annual Banquet of the Founders and Patriots of America, Hotel Manhattan, New York, 1897......Page 166 February 3 Postrevolutionary Meal, Havre de Grace, France, 1796......Page 169 February 4 Dinner for Fox Films, Hotel Australia, Sydney, Australia, 1916......Page 171 February 5 Debut Dinner at the New York Vegetarian Society's Vegetarian Restaurant No. 1, New York, 1895......Page 173 February 6 Dinner with President Thomas Jefferson, The White House, Washington, DC, 1802......Page 174 February 7 Mormon Ball, Social Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1860......Page 177 February 8 Whale Meat Luncheon, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, 1918......Page 179 February 9 Archbishop's Meals, Valencia, Spain, 1568......Page 181 February 10 Tripartite Dinner Meeting, Vorontsov Villa, Yalta, Ukraine, 1945......Page 183 February 11 ''Gotham's Costliest Banquet,'' Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, 1899......Page 186 February 12 Former Slave Attends a Republican Dinner, Lincoln Dinner, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, 1909......Page 188 February 13 YMCA Father and Son Dinner, Nyack, New York, 1918......Page 190 February 14 Valentine's Day Dinner, Sherry's, New York, 1901......Page 193 February 15 Exotic Menu for New York Epicures, The Bank Coffee House, New York, 1823......Page 196 February 16 Banquet to Honor Neopolitan Princes, Florence, Italy, 1476......Page 198 February 17 British Royals Dine at Mount Nelson Hotel, Capetown, South Africa, 1947......Page 200 February 18 French Royal Supper, Château de la Muette, Paris, 1749......Page 202 February 19 Creole Dinner for the New Orleans Press Club, The Atheneum, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1898......Page 205 February 20 Wartime Luncheon, Stork Club, New York, 1943......Page 207 February 21 Business Dinner, Hotel Lutetia, Boulevarde Rapail, Paris, 1947......Page 210 February 22 George Washington's Birthday Celebration, Hotel Cecil, London, 1897......Page 212 February 23 Coronation Feast of Queen Catherine, Westminster Hall, London, England, 1421......Page 214 February 24 State Dinner, The White House, Washington, DC, 1999......Page 217 February 25 Dinner with the British Prime Minister, No. 10, Downing St., London, England, 1983......Page 219 February 26 German-American Press Honors Prince Henry of Prussia, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, 1902......Page 221 February 27 Dinner at a ''Gentlemen's Ordinary,'' Brown's Hotel, Washington, DC, 1847......Page 223 February 28 Banquet in Honor of Ferdinand de Lesseps, Panama, 1886......Page 226 March 1 63rd Annual Dinner of the St. David’s Society, Hotel Savoy, New York, 1898......Page 230 March 2 Prince Ernest's Dinner, Germany, 1778......Page 232 March 3 Final Voyage of the HMY Britannia, Karachi, Pakistan, 1997......Page 234 March 4 Irish Revolutionary Veterans Dinner, Central Opera House, East Sixty-Seventh Street, New York, 1894......Page 236 March 5 Dinner for the Bushmen's Corps, Adelaide, South Australia, 1900......Page 238 March 6 Abraham Lincoln's Inauguration Ball, Patent Office, Washington, DC, 1865......Page 240 March 7 Dinner for the New York Association of Union Prisoners, Murray Hill Lyceum, New York City, 1895......Page 244 March 8 Dinner Given by the ''Chinese Delmonico,'' Lenox Lyceum, New York, 1891......Page 247 March 9 Inthronization Feast of the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Archbishop’s Palace, Canterbury, England, 1504......Page 249 March 10 Dinner at Sea, SS New York, 1928......Page 251 March 11 Ironmongers' Company Dinner, Ironmongers Hall, Fenchurch Street, London, 1687......Page 253 March 12 Antebellum Riverboat Menu, Robert F. Ward, Mississippi River, 1853......Page 255 March 13 Dinner at Sea, Tourist Class RMS Majestic, 1928......Page 257 March 14 Dinner at Sea, SS Prince Rupert, 1922......Page 259 March 15 Breakfast on the ''42nd Street Special,'' Chicago to Los Angeles by Rail, 1933......Page 261 March 16 Bill of Fare, Virginia Hotel, St. Louis, 1858......Page 263 March 17 St. Patrick's Day Banquet, The White House, Washington, DC, 1959......Page 266 March 18 Dinner for the New King, Alfonso XIII, Royal Palace, Madrid, Spain, 1902......Page 269 March 19 Luncheon to Celebrate Opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge RMS Maloja, Sydney Harbour, Australia, 1932......Page 271 March 20 American Maize Banquet, Hotel King of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1893......Page 273 March 21 Dinner for the Rifle Volunteers, Auckland, New Zealand, 1871......Page 275 March 22 Fine Dining Experience, Verrey's Restaurant, Regent Street, London, 1899......Page 277 March 23 Queen's Guard Dinner, St. James' Palace, London, 1855......Page 280 March 24 Breakfast at Sea RMS Queen Elizabeth, 1953......Page 282 March 25 Charles Dickens Eats aboard an American Canal Boat, 1842......Page 284 March 26 Grand Dinner Given by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall aboard HMS Ophir, Malta, 1901......Page 286 March 27 Gay Rugby Dinner, Hotel Lutetia, Paris, 1957......Page 289 March 28 Dinner for the Duke of Orléans, France, 1690......Page 291 March 29 Luncheon Crossing the Equator, SS Orontes, 1937......Page 293 March 30 Dinner in a Harem, Thebes, Egypt, 1851......Page 296 March 31 Tiffin at the Cricket Club, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Ceylon, 1906......Page 299 April 1 One-Dollar Lunch, Hotel Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico, 1931......Page 302 April 2 First Dinner, RMS Titanic, 1912......Page 304 April 3 Spelling Reform Dinner, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, 1907......Page 306 April 4 Good Friday Dinner, Tuileries, Paris, France, 1828......Page 309 April 5 State Dinner, The White House, Washington, DC, 1960......Page 310 April 6 Anniversary Luncheon of the Entry of the United States into World War I, Mansion House, London, England, 1918......Page 313 April 7 Cooking Class Dinner, Cooking Academy, Fourth Avenue, New York, 1865......Page 315 April 8 Dinner for Peace and Goodwill Mission, SS Abangarez, Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, 1929......Page 317 April 9 Emperor Wilhelm's Lunch, Royal Palace, Berlin, Germany, 1909......Page 319 April 10 Dinner for President Harry S. Truman, The Gridiron Club, Hotel Statler, Washington, DC, 1948......Page 320 April 11 Good Friday Wartime Lunch, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, 1941......Page 323 April 12 First Meal in Space, Vostok 1, 1961......Page 326 April 13 Dinner for the Bonapartes, Tuileries Palace, Paris, France, 1811......Page 327 April 14 Stanley Club Dinner in Honor of Louis Pasteur, Continental Hotel, Paris, 1886......Page 329 April 15 Week's Menu for the First Family, The White House, Washington, DC, 1973......Page 332 April 16 Testimonial Banquet for Boxer Robert Fitzsimmons, Hotel Bartholdi, New York, 1897......Page 334 April 17 New York Society of Restaurateurs Dinner with ''Diamond Jim’’ Brady, Terrace Garden, New York, 1916......Page 337 April 18 Confederate Soldier's Dinner, Army Camp, near Pensacola, Florida, 1861......Page 339 April 19 Coming-of-Age Party, Wynnstay Hall, Denbighshire, Wales, 1770......Page 341 April 20 Vicar's Dinner, East Tuddenham, Norfolk, England, 1796......Page 344 April 21 Banquet of the French Vegetarian Society, Rue St. Honoré, Paris, France, 1881......Page 345 April 22 State Dinner for King George V and Queen Mary, British Embassy, Paris, France, 1914......Page 348 April 23 Shakespeare Tercentenary Banquet, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1864......Page 350 April 24 Opening Banquet Woolworth Building, Broadway, New York, 1913......Page 353 April 25 Japanese Tiffin, Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, Japan, 1907......Page 356 April 26 Royal Wedding Breakfast, Buckingham Palace, London, England, 1923......Page 358 April 27 Soviet Leaders Luncheon aboard the Train to Portsmouth, England, 1956......Page 360 April 28 Lunch at Sea, RMS Aquitania, 1921......Page 362 April 29 Dinner for Ottoman Visitors, Mayor's Residence, Winchester, England, 1851......Page 365 April 30 Harvard Club of Boston Dinner, Hotel Somerset, Boston, Massachusetts, 1913......Page 367 May 1 Elvis Presley's Wedding, Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas, 1967......Page 370 May 2 Dinner at the Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1900......Page 372 May 3 Dilettante Society Dinner, Grand Hotel, Trafalgar Square, London, England, 1891......Page 375 May 4 Kosher Banquet, London, England, 1907......Page 378 May 5 ''May Dinner,'' Simpson's on the Strand, London, England, 1932......Page 380 May 6 Breakfast at Sea, SS Prussian, 1875......Page 382 May 7 Officers' Luncheon, HT Queen Mary, 1940......Page 385 May 8 VE Day Dinner, Simpson's-in-the-Strand, London, England, 1945......Page 387 May 9 Dinner at the English Embassy, Aleppo, Syria, 1676......Page 390 May 10 Lewis and Clark Eat with the Nez Perce, Idaho, 1806......Page 392 May 11 Eight-Franc Dinner, Grand Hotel, Boulevarde des Capucins, Paris, France, 1887......Page 393 May 12 Lunch En Route to the Falkland Islands, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, 1982......Page 395 May 13 Dinner for Nobody's Friends, Hôtel Metropole, London, England, 1891......Page 397 May 14 President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Daily Fare, The White House, Washington, DC, 1933......Page 400 May 15 Coronation Banquet for Nicholas II, Kremlin, Russia, 1896......Page 402 May 16 First Academy Awards Banquet, Blossom Room, Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, California, 1929......Page 403 May 17 English Royals Dine in Canada, Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, 1939......Page 405 May 18 American Banquet in England, Star and Garter, Richmond, England, 1853......Page 407 May 19 Prison Menu for a Week, Indiana State Prison, 1911......Page 410 May 20 Banquet of Insects, Explorer's Club, New York, 1992......Page 412 May 21 A Wedding Feast, Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England 1753......Page 414 May 22 Seafood Feast, Squantum Club, East Providence, Rhode Island, 1901......Page 416 May 23 Harriman Expedition Dinner, En Route to Seattle, Washington, 1899......Page 419 May 24 Empire Day Luncheon, Junior Carlton Club, London, England, 1933......Page 421 May 25 Parliamentary Dinner, Carlton House, London, England, 1816......Page 423 May 26 Royal and Plebeian Supper, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1893......Page 425 May 27 Dinner for the Norwegian Royals, Elysée Palace, Paris, France, 1908......Page 429 May 28 Wedding Feast, Milan, Italy, 1368......Page 431 May 29 Sunday Dinner, Hotel Emery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1892......Page 433 May 30 State Dinner, Hall of Facets, the Kremlin, Soviet Union, 1988......Page 436 May 31 French President Lunches aboard a Luxury Train, France, 1925......Page 438 June 1 Willard Hotel Bill of Fare, Washington, DC, 1860......Page 440 June 2 Coronation Dinner, Westminster Abbey, London, England, 1953......Page 442 June 3 Meal aboard a Clipper Ship En Route to Melbourne, Australia, 1856......Page 446 June 4 Medici Wedding Feast, Palazzo Medici, Florence, Italy, 1469......Page 448 June 5 Journalists' Dinner, Bohemian Club, San Francisco, California, 1889......Page 450 June 6 Wedding Supper, England, 1699......Page 452 June 7 Dinner of the Three Emperors, Café Anglais, Paris, France, 1867......Page 454 June 8 Women's Institute Luncheon, Hotel Windsor, Alliston, Ontario, Canada, 1923......Page 456 June 9 Banquet for Henry Morton Stanley, Waterloo Rooms, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1890......Page 457 June 10 Luncheon at Sea, SS Lurline, 1939......Page 460 June 11 Picnic for the English Royals, ''Springwood,'' Hyde Park, New York, 1939......Page 463 June 12 After-Concert Dinner, King's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, 1893......Page 466 June 13 King Ludwig's Dinner, Hunting Lodge, the Tirol, 1885......Page 468 June 14 Telephone Banquet, Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1916......Page 470 June 15 Royal Luncheon, Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire, England, 1933......Page 471 June 16 A Banquet to Nelson Mandela, Pretoria, South Africa, 1999......Page 473 June 17 Lunch with the Emperor of Ethiopia, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, 1954......Page 475 June 18 ''Uncooked Banquet'' Hotel Hygeia, New York, 1903......Page 477 June 19 Banquet for Queen Catherine, Bishop's Palace, Paris, France, 1549......Page 480 June 20 Dinner for the Transatlantic Air-Race Winners, Savoy Hotel, London, England, 1919......Page 482 June 21 Dinner with Amelia Earhart, Hotel Grand Preanger, Bandung (Bandoeng), Batavia (Indonesia), 1937......Page 484 June 22 Midwinter Dinner, Winter Quarters, Commonwealth Bay, Adelie Land, Antarctica, 1912......Page 486 June 23 Yale Reunion Dinner, Bishop's Colonnade, Savin Rock, West Haven, Connecticut, 1908......Page 488 June 24 Dinner for Ulysses S. Grant, Nagasaki, Japan, 1879......Page 491 June 25 Dinner on the Eve of the Korean War, Blair House, Washington, DC, 1950......Page 494 June 26 British Empire Breakfast, North Pole, Dartford, London, England, 1902......Page 496 June 27 Breakfast at Central Station Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland, 1908......Page 498 June 28 Coronation Dinner for the Poor, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England, 1838......Page 499 June 29 Cornell Students Dine aboard RMS Saxonia, 1924......Page 501 June 30 Her Majesty's Dinner, Buckingham Palace, London, England, 1841......Page 503 Menus from History: Volume 2......Page 508 Copyright......Page 509 Contents......Page 14 List of Menus Chronologically......Page 528 List of Menus by Country......Page 546 List of Menus by Occasion......Page 564 July 1 Ottoman Sultan Entertains the French Prince, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, 1868......Page 586 July 2 Peruvian Presidential Dinner, Lima, Peru, 1906......Page 589 July 3 Dinner for Ottoman Visitors, Reform Club, London, England, 1846......Page 590 July 4 Independence Day Dinner, Park House, Mt. Clemens, Michigan, 1899......Page 593 July 5 Firemen’s Dinner, American Exchange Hotel, San Francisco, California, 1856......Page 595 July 6 Coronation Feast of King Richard III, Westminster Hall, London, England, 1483......Page 600 July 7 Bicentennial Dinner, The White House, Washington, DC, 1976......Page 602 July 8 Breakfast at Sea, SS Hamburg, 1936......Page 605 July 9 Midnight Supper with Queen Victoria, Guildhall, London, England, 1851......Page 607 July 10 Officers’ Dinner at Sea, HMS Assistance, near Gibraltar, 1675......Page 609 July 11 Trefa Banquet, Highland House, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1883......Page 611 July 12 Reform Democrats Hold a Crow Banquet, Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Michigan, 1876......Page 613 July 13 Dinner of the Thirteen Club, Central Restaurant, New York, 1900......Page 615 July 14 Dinner for the American Ambulance, Lycée Pasteur, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 1916......Page 616 July 15 Dinner aboard a U.S. Mail Ship, USMS Philadelphia, 1913......Page 618 July 16 Dinner at Sea, SS Lahn, 1900......Page 620 July 17 Dinner on the Mountain, The Aletschhorn, Switzerland, 1859......Page 622 July 18 Picnic for the Mexican President, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 1921......Page 623 July 19 Coronation Banquet of King George IV, Westminster Hall, London, England, 1821......Page 625 July 20 International Meal, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, 1952......Page 627 July 21 Dining in Space, The Moon, 1969......Page 629 July 22 Royal Wedding Breakfast, Buckingham Palace, London, England, 1896......Page 631 July 23 Luncheon after the Fire, Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco, California, 1906......Page 633 July 24 Dining with Marie-Antoinette, Le Petit Trianon, Versailles, France, 1788......Page 634 July 25 Dinner for the Shah of Persia, Royal Palace, Turin, Italy, 1873......Page 637 July 26 Lunch aboard the Royal Yacht Maha-Chakri, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1897......Page 639 July 27 Lunch En Route to the Canal Zone aboard the SS Colon, 1908......Page 641 July 28 First Annual Dinner of the First Vegetarian Society of England, Manchester, England, 1848......Page 643 July 29 Royal Wedding Breakfast for Prince Charles and Lady Diana, Buckingham Palace, London, England, 1981......Page 644 July 30 Banquet Honoring Howard Hughes, Rice Hotel, Houston, Texas, 1938......Page 647 July 31 King’s Dinner, France, 1826......Page 649 August 1 Banquet for the Official Opening of London Bridge, London, England, 1831......Page 652 August 2 Harvest Meals in an English Medieval Manorial Household, Acton Hall, Acton, Suffolk, 1413......Page 654 August 3 Luncheon Given by President Richard M. Nixon, Romanian State Guest House, Bucharest, Romania, 1969......Page 656 August 4 Dinner aboard the Pride of the Fleet, RMS Imperator, 1920......Page 658 August 5 Frederick the Great’s Dinner, Sans Souci, Potsdam, Germany, 1786......Page 660 August 6 King’s Lunch, Royal Palace, Milan, Italy, 1898......Page 662 August 7 Dinner in a Wigwam, Burnt Church Point, Miramichi Bay, New Brunswick, Canada, 1853......Page 664 August 8 Breakfast aboard a Japanese Ship, MS Chojo Maru, 1932......Page 666 August 9 Dinner to Honor the Prince de Conde, France, 1652......Page 668 August 10 Dinner aboard an Immigrant Ship, SS Zeeland, 1907......Page 669 August 11 Luncheon aboard a World War I Troop Ship, SS Megantic, En Route from Alexandria, Egypt, to Marseilles, France, 1916......Page 671 August 12 Daily Meals in the Poorhouse, Fishlake, Yorkshire, England, 1835......Page 673 August 13 Dinner for Admiral Togo Heihachiro, Knickerbocker Hotel, New York, 1911......Page 675 August 14 Ministerial Fish Dinner, The Ship Tavern, Greenwich, London, England, 1878......Page 677 August 15 Victory Dinner aboard the SS Matsonia, 1945......Page 679 August 16 Dinner of the Wardens of the Drapers’ Company, Home of the Master of the Company, London, England, 1522......Page 681 August 17 Henry Ford’s ‘‘All Soy’’ Dinner, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934......Page 682 August 18 King James I’s Breakfast, Hoghton Tower, Preston, Lancashire, England, 1617......Page 685 August 19 Hotel Breakfast, Exchange Station Hotel, Liverpool, England, 1912......Page 688 August 20 Mining Company Dinner, Calaveras Hotel, Angel’s Camp, California, 1914......Page 690 August 21 Frankfurt Congress of Princes Banquet, Römer, Frankfurt, Germany, 1863......Page 692 August 22 An Ancient Roman Dinner, Rome, 70 BCE......Page 695 August 23 Luncheon Specials of the Day, MGM Studios, Culver City, California, 1956......Page 696 August 24 King George IV’s Visit to Scotland, Great Hall of Parliament House, Edinburgh, 1821......Page 699 August 25 Hotel Dinner, Grand Hotel, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1911......Page 702 August 26 Breakfast and Dinner on Mont Blanc, Switzerland, 1825......Page 705 August 27 ‘‘Great Martial Banquet Alfresco,’’ Scutari, Crimea, 1855......Page 706 August 28 Lunch at Sea, SS Königin Luise, 1905......Page 708 August 29 Daily Bill of Fare aboard the SS Great Western, 1844......Page 710 August 30 Medical Conference Dinner, Bergen, Norway, 1885......Page 712 August 31 Second Cabin Tea aboard RMS Saxonia, 1910......Page 714 September 1 ‘‘First State’’ Banquet, Beijing Hotel, Beijing, China, 1999......Page 716 September 2 Dinner aboard the First ‘‘Hebrew’’ Ship, TSS Kedmah, 1947......Page 717 September 3 Cardinal’s ‘‘Fast,’’ Dundalk, Ireland, 1858......Page 719 September 4 Dinner for the Governor-General, The Arlington, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, 1874......Page 722 September 5 Ambigu for King James II, Bodley Library, Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1687......Page 724 September 6 Dinner with the Moors, Morocco, 1663......Page 726 September 7 Dinner for the Congress of Orientalists, Stockholm, Sweden, 1889......Page 728 September 8 Temperance Banquet, Metropolitan Hall, New York, 1853......Page 731 September 9 Maiden Voyage Dinner aboard the RMS Lusitania, 1907......Page 733 September 10 Fat Men’s Club Clambake, Power’s Hotel, Dorlon’s Point, South Norwalk, Connecticut, 1891......Page 735 September 11 Day’s Meals aboard an Airship, R.33, En Route from Norfolk, England, to Amsterdam, 1919......Page 737 September 12 Children’s Meals aboard the SS Strathaird, 1957......Page 738 September 13 Dinner Celebrating the Founding of Dulwich College, Camberwell, Surrey, England, 1619......Page 740 September 14 Jane Austen’s Dinner, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, 1813......Page 743 September 15 Masons’ Banquet to Celebrate Their New Lodge, Criterion Hotel, Taranaki, New Zealand, 1883......Page 744 September 16 Induction Feast of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, The Bishop’s Palace, Wells, Somerset, England, 1425......Page 746 September 17 Centennial Dinner, Exchange Coffee House, Boston, Massachusetts, 1830......Page 748 September 18 Meals in the Pullman Dining Car, in the Funeral Train of President William McKinley, 1901......Page 750 September 19 Patriotic ‘‘Hooverized’’ Dinner, Daniel’s and Fisher’s Tower, Denver, Colorado, 1918......Page 753 September 20 Library-Themed Dinner for the American Library Association, Annual Conference, Grand View House, Lake Placid, New York, 1894......Page 756 September 21 Daily Diet of the ‘‘American Pedestrian,’’ Cambridge Park Trotting Course, Boston, 1842......Page 759 September 22 Installation Feast of the Archbishop of York, Cawood Castle, York, England, 1465......Page 760 September 23 Feast for King Richard II, Durham House, London, England, 1387......Page 763 September 24 Prison Dinner, Leavenworth State Penitentiary, Kansas, 1928......Page 765 September 25 Hotel Dinner, Hôtel Hochschneeberg, Schneeberg, Austria, 1907......Page 767 September 26 Dinner Out Hunting with Buffalo Bill, near Fort McPherson, Nebraska, 1871......Page 769 September 27 Traffic Association Banquet, Café Nat Goodwin, Crystal Pier, Santa Monica, California, 1913......Page 771 September 28 ‘‘Menu for Jews’’ aboard the SS Majestic, 1929......Page 773 September 29 Supper with the King, Château de Choisy, France, 1757......Page 775 September 30 Sheriff’s Dinner, Hall of the Fishmongers’ Company, London, England, 1847......Page 777 October 1 Dinner in Utopia, Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1854......Page 780 October 2 Banquet for the 75th Anniversary of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, 1998......Page 782 October 3 Dinner on the Inaugural Flight, Super Constellation, KLM Airlines, 1953......Page 785 October 4 Insurance Company Dinner, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1896......Page 787 October 5 Druggists’ Luncheon, Steamboat Sandy Hook, New York, 1894......Page 789 October 6 Remarkable Fish Banquet, Lafayette Restaurant, Centennial Grounds, Philadelphia, 1876......Page 791 October 7 Esperanto Society Meeting Dinner, New England, 1911......Page 794 October 8 Chicago Fire Centennial Anniversary Banquet, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 1971......Page 796 October 9 Eggless, Poultryless Meals for President Harry S. Truman, The White House, Washington, DC, 1947......Page 798 October 10 International Lunch Menu, International Casino, Times Square, New York, 1938......Page 801 October 11 Dinner for Princess Elizabeth, Ottowa, Canada, 1951......Page 803 October 12 Columbus Day Dinner aboard the SS America, 1962......Page 805 October 13 Coronation Feast of King Henry IV, Great Hall of Westminster, London, England, 1399......Page 808 October 14 Banquet to Celebrate the Persian Empire, Persepolis, Iran, 1971......Page 811 October 15 Banquet for the Commissioner General, Hotel Continental, Paris, France, 1898......Page 813 October 16 Tribute Dinner for a Cow, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, 1912......Page 816 October 17 Hotel Supper, New Denison Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1888......Page 818 October 18 Snacking at the Siesta Drive-In Movie Theater, Sarasota, Florida, 1959......Page 820 October 19 Testimonial Dinner for Charles Lindbergh, Hotel Chelsea, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1927......Page 822 October 20 Dinner with the British Secret Service, Claridge’s Hotel, London, England, 1944......Page 824 October 21 All-Potato Dinner Les Invalides, Paris, France, 1787......Page 825 October 22 Women Suffragists’s Dinner, New York City, 1913......Page 827 October 23 ‘‘Thousand and One Nights’’ Dinner, Château de Bellevue, France, 1787......Page 829 October 24 Medical Dinner, Bergen, Norway, 1891......Page 831 October 25 Dinner for the Royal Horse Guards, Town Hall, Holborn, London, England, 1882......Page 833 October 26 French Exhibition Banquet, Hotel du Louvre, Paris, France, 1867......Page 836 October 27 Dinner with a Tibetan Monk, Gyantsé, Tibet, 1936......Page 838 October 28 Dinner of the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, 1478......Page 841 October 29 Dinner for the Worshipful Company of Barbers and Surgeons, The Barber-Surgeons Hall, Monkwell Square, London, England, 1742......Page 842 October 30 Dinner with Sir Morton Peto, Delmonico’s, New York, 1865......Page 844 October 31 Dinner for the Palace Workmen, King’s Hall Restaurant, Holborn, London, England, 1913......Page 847 November 1 All Hallow’s Day Dinner, New College, Oxford, England, 1624......Page 850 November 2 Dinner with Emily Dickinson, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1847......Page 852 November 3 ‘‘All-Red Route’’ Luncheon aboard the RMS Miowera, 1896......Page 853 November 4 Common Hospital Diet, Devon and Exeter Hospital, England, 1829......Page 856 November 5 Dinner aboard a Clipper Ship Ringleader, 1855......Page 857 November 6 Coronation Feast of King Henry VI, Great Hall of Westminster, London, England, 1429......Page 859 November 7 Dinner by Numbers, Grand Hotel, Yokohama, Japan, 1919......Page 861 November 8 Duchess of Buccleuch and Monmouth’s Table, Dalkeith Castle, Scotland, 1701......Page 864 November 9 Quiet Dinner for Two in Paris, Chez Denis, Paris, 1975......Page 866 November 10 Lord Mayor’s Dinner, Guildhall, London, 1828......Page 869 November 11 Staff Meals, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, 1919......Page 871 November 12 20th Anniversary Banquet of the Scottish Geographical Society, North British Station Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1904......Page 873 November 13 Dinner with Pablo Casals, The White House, Washington, DC, 1961......Page 875 November 14 Lunch for the King and Queen of Greece, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, 1953......Page 877 November 15 Gilbert and Sullivan Dinner, Park Central Hotel, New York, 1936......Page 880 November 16 Dining with James McNeill Whistler, Chelsea, London, England, 1875......Page 882 November 17 Humble Meal, Café Royal, London, England, 1937......Page 884 November 18 Dining on a Clock Face, Trades Hall, Leicester, England, 1910......Page 886 November 19 Annual Game Dinner, Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 1892......Page 888 November 20 Dining with Queen Elizabeth I, England, 1576......Page 891 November 21 Lunch with the King of Romania, Château Rambouillet, France, 1938......Page 893 November 22 German Society 150th Anniversary Dinner, Hotel Astor, New York, 1934......Page 895 November 23 Thanksgiving Day Dinner aboard YRBM 16, Ben Tre, Vietnam, 1967......Page 896 N

a Year's Worth Of Fascinating Menus From Significant Occasions In History Around The World Offer A Thoroughly Delightful Way To Learn More About Noteworthy Events And People, Social Classes, And Morés.

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this Two-volume Set By Culinary Historian Clarkson, Who Writes The Food Blog The Old Foodie, Should Not Really Be Considered A Scholarly Work, But Its Content Does Provide A Worldly View Within The Context Of Food History. The Introduction Clearly Articulates The Degree To Which Food Reflects The History, Culture, Time, And Place Of Its Origin. And, Yes, Expansion Into New Territories Was Premised On The Search For Spices And For Land To Grow Food. While Oral History Has A Place In Understanding Culture, Peoples, Languages, And Societies, The Historic Meals And Recipes For Every Day Of The Year Bring To Life Events In History Framed Around The Food Prepared And Eaten At Various Festivities. The Content And Scope Of This Work Covers Historic Menus From More Than 35 Countries. A Roman Banquet In 70 Ad; A Medici Wedding Feast, June 4, 1469, Palazzo Medici, Florence; And A July 13, 1900, United States Of America, Dinner At The Thirteenth Club, Central Restaurant, New York Are Just A Sample Of Interesting And Exciting Menus Found In This Work. To That End, The 365 Daily Menus Are Arranged Chronologically, By Occasion And By Country. The First Menu Is January 1, New Year's Day Meal, Kosseir, Egypt, 1828, And The Last Is December 31, Final Dinner Party Given By François Mitterand, Souston, Landes, France, 1995. From This Brief Selection, The Charm, Taste, And Atmosphere Gleaned From The Time, Event, Country, And Occasions Are Quite Clear. Each Entry Has A Name, Description, Significance, And Menu And Analysis, With The Provenance Authenticated On All But A Small Handful With A Best Guess. Since Menus Lend Themselves Nicely To An Online Environment, The Ebook Version Of This Work Wouldpresent Itself Well In Function And Usability. Bottom Line More Comprehensive Than The Food Timeline(www.foodtimeline.org)—a Free Food History Reference Site—though Not As Scholarly As Alan Davidson's The Oxford Companion To Food (2006. 2d Ed.), This Is Recommended For Culinary Institutions As Well As School And Public Libraries.—marianne E. Giltrud, Catholic Univ. Of America Libs., Washington, Dc