xx, 209 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBNs
9780520238855, 0520238850
OCLC
ocm85019228
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index.
Composition of the classical meal -- Roasts -- Entrées and entremets -- Composition of meatless meals -- French meals in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries -- Sixteenth-century overview -- Classical order in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Innovations from the Revolution to World War I -- Hidden changes in the twentieth century -- English menu sequences -- Polish banquets in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries