{"product_id":"2940148778493","title":"Cakes and Ale","description":"Cakes and Ale\u003cbr\u003eA Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and Anecdotes, Mainly Veracious\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition features a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS (abridged lis)\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I BREAKFAST\u003cbr\u003eFormal or informal?—An eccentric old gentleman—The ancient\u003cbr\u003eBritons—Breakfast in the days of Good Queen Bess—A\u003cbr\u003efew tea statistics—Garraway’s—Something about coffee—Brandy\u003cbr\u003efor breakfast—The evolution of the staff of life—Free\u003cbr\u003eTrade—The cheap loaf, and no cash to buy it  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II BREAKFAST (continued)\u003cbr\u003eCountry-house life—An Englishwoman at her best—Guests’\u003cbr\u003ecomforts—What to eat at the first meal—A few choice\u003cbr\u003erecipes—A noble grill-sauce—The poor outcast—Appetising\u003cbr\u003edishes—Hotel “worries”—The old regime and the new—“No\u003cbr\u003echeques”; no soles, and “whitings is hoff”—A\u003cbr\u003ehalibut steak—Skilly and oakum—Breakfast out of the rates \u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXII RESTORATIVES\u003cbr\u003eWilliam of Normandy—A “head” wind at sea—Beware the\u003cbr\u003edruggist—Pick-me-ups of all sorts and conditions—Anchovy\u003cbr\u003etoast for the invalid—A small bottle—Straight talks to\u003cbr\u003efanatics—Total abstinence as bad as the other thing—Moderation\u003cbr\u003ein all matters—Wisely and slow—Carpe diem—But\u003cbr\u003ehave a thought for the morrow","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079327957232,"sku":"2940148778493","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148778493_p0.jpg?v=1763708276","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148778493","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}