The Handbook of Dining; Or Corpulency and Leanness Scientifically Considered

The Handbook of Dining; Or Corpulency and Leanness Scientifically Considered Comprising the Art of Dining on Correct Principles Consistent With Easy Digestion, the Avoidance of Corpulency, and the Cure of Leanness; Together With Special Remarks on These

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Excerpt from The Handbook of Dining; Or Corpulency and Leanness Scientifically Considered: Comprising the Art of Dining on Correct Principles Consistent With Easy Digestion, the Avoidance of Corpulency, and the Cure of Leanness; Together With Special Remarks on These Subjects

Reform in dinner-giving is on the tapis, and we trust it will not be dropped. A move has been made in the right direction. Savarin's Aphorisms in the first chapter contain, pretty nearly, all the general rules to be observed.

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ISBN: 9781334395529
Publisher: Fb&c Ltd
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Number of pages: 210
Weight: 289g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 11mm