{"product_id":"2940016129716","title":"The Feasts of Autolycus","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                   PAGE\u003cbr\u003e    THE VIRTUE OF GLUTTONY,           9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    A PERFECT BREAKFAST,             17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    TWO BREAKFASTS,                  25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE SUBTLE SANDWICH,             33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    A PERFECT DINNER,                43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    AN AUTUMN DINNER,                51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    A MIDSUMMER DINNER,              59\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    TWO SUPPERS,                     67\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    ON SOUP,                         75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE SIMPLE SOLE,                 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    BOUILLABAISSE,                   97\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE MOST EXCELLENT OYSTER,      105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE PARTRIDGE,                  117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE ARCHANGELIC BIRD,           125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    SPRING CHICKEN,                 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE MAGNIFICENT MUSHROOM,       143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE INCOMPARABLE ONION,         155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE TRIUMPHANT TOMATO,          171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    A DISH OF SUNSHINE,             179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    ON SALADS,                      191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE SALADS OF SPAIN,            205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE STIRRING SAVOURY,           215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    INDISPENSABLE CHEESE,           223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    A STUDY IN GREEN AND RED,       231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    A MESSAGE FROM THE SOUTH,       239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    ENCHANTING COFFEE,              249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE VIRTUE OF GLUTTONY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGluttony is ranked with the deadly sins; it should be honoured among\u003cbr\u003ethe cardinal virtues. It was in the Dark Ages of asceticism that\u003cbr\u003econtempt for it was fostered. Selfish anchorites, vowed to dried dates\u003cbr\u003eand lentils, or browsing Nebuchadnezzar-like upon grass, thought by\u003cbr\u003etheir lamentable example to rob the world of its chief blessing.\u003cbr\u003eCheerfully, and without a scruple, they would have sacrificed beauty\u003cbr\u003eand pleasure to their own superstition. If the vineyard yielded wine\u003cbr\u003eand the orchard fruit, if cattle were sent to pasture, and the forest\u003cbr\u003eabounded in game, they believed it was that men might forswear the\u003cbr\u003edelights thus offered. And so food came into ill repute and foolish\u003cbr\u003efasting was glorified, until a healthy appetite passed for a snare of\u003cbr\u003ethe devil, and its gratification meant eternal damnation. Poor deluded\u003cbr\u003ehumans, ever so keen to make the least of the short span of life\u003cbr\u003eallotted to them!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith time, all superstitions fail; and asceticism went the way of many\u003cbr\u003eanother ingenious folly. But as a tradition, as a convention, somehow,\u003cbr\u003eit lingered longer among women. And the old Christian duty became a\u003cbr\u003enew feminine grace. And where the fanatic had fasted that his soul\u003cbr\u003emight prove comelier in the sight of God, silly matrons and maidens\u003cbr\u003estarved, or pretended to starve, themselves that their bodies might\u003cbr\u003eseem fairer in the eyes of man. And dire, indeed, has been their\u003cbr\u003epunishment. The legend was that swooning Angelina or tear-stained\u003cbr\u003eAmelia, who, in company, toyed tenderly with a chicken wing or\u003cbr\u003eunsubstantial wafer, later retired to the pantry to stuff herself with\u003cbr\u003ejam and pickles. And thus gradually, so it is asserted, the delicacy\u003cbr\u003eof women's palate was destroyed; food to her perverted stomach was but\u003cbr\u003ea mere necessity to stay the pangs of hunger, and the pleasure of\u003cbr\u003eeating she looked upon as a deep mystery, into which only man could be\u003cbr\u003einitiated.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153125589232,"sku":"2940016129716","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016129716","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}