Joys of Excess

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Engelska, 2011

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As well as being the most celebrated diarist of all time, Samuel Pepys was also a hearty drinker, eater and connoisseur of epicurean delights, who indulged in every pleasure seventeenth-century London had to offer. Whether he is feasting on barrels of oysters, braces of carps, larks' tongues and copious amounts of wine, merrymaking in taverns until the early hours, attending formal dinners with lords and ladies or entertaining guests at home with his young wife, these irresistible selections from Pepys's diaries provide a frank, high-spirited and vivid picture of the joys of over-indulgence - and the side-effects afterwards.

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-04-07
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780141966038
Förlag:Penguin Books Ltd

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Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was a naval administrator, Member of Parliament and best remembered as a diarist. Kept between 1660-1669 and written in Shelton's shorthand, Pepys' diary recorded major historical events, like The Plague and The Great Fire of London alongside his more personal concerns and activities, including politics, his work in public life and rows with his wife, Elizabeth. Throughout are his fulsome thoughts on food, including his first encounters with drinking chocolate.

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1: 1660: Wine from the Rhine and a Cupp of China Tea 2: 1661: Botargo, Bread and Butter by Moonshine 3: 1662: Boiled Great Oysters and a Brace of Stewed Carps 4: 1663: Eeles, Teales and a Hot Umble-Pie 5: 1664: Cake for a Wake and a Good Hog’s Harslet 6: 1665: The Meanest Dinner, in the Meanest Manner, to the Basest Degree 7: 1666: Preventing the Parmazan from Perishing 8: 1667: Bellyfuls of Milk and the Best of Cheese-cakes 9: 1668: Curds and Whey Won’t Keep Belly-ake at Bay 10: 1669: Mightily Magnified Sawce for Flesh, Foul or Fish