Project Gutenberg 2013-07-22 Public domain in the USA. 385 Spencer, Edward 1844 1910 Mott, Edward Spencer Gubbins, Nathaniel Cakes & Ale A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious Cakes and Ale A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious Produced by David T. Jones, Mardi Desjardins and the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net "Cakes & Ale" by Edward Spencer is a collection of essays on food and banquets written in the late 19th century. The work explores the art of gastronomy, interspersed with various anecdotes and recipes, showcasing the culinary traditions and social customs surrounding meals in England." The opening of "Cakes & Ale" presents a humorous preface that reflects on the author's journey to write a book on food after encouragement from a publisher. He recounts the ambivalence he feels about his cooking skills while humorously addressing the notion of what constitutes good food and the social importance of meals, particularly breakfast. The narrative introduces us to the eccentricities of dining, touching on historical practices, different meal customs across eras, and a gentle critique of contemporary dining manners and practices in England, setting the tone for a culinary exploration that combines knowledge, anecdote, and humor. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43278/43278-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 64.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Gastronomy Cooking, English Entertaining Dinners and dining TX Text Category: Humour Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature Category: Cooking & Drinking 580618 2025-07-17T11:35:16.835965 text/html 579734 2024-10-23T17:16:22 text/html 340667 2025-07-17T11:35:28.568881 application/epub+zip 342761 2025-07-17T11:35:19.672970 application/epub+zip 290409 2025-07-17T11:35:18.364901 application/epub+zip 538765 2025-07-17T11:35:34.150911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466046 2025-07-17T11:35:26.594899 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413838 2022-09-19T17:51:53.255436 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 457289 2023-09-19T03:54:34.996094 text/plain 437585 2024-10-23T17:16:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17193 2025-07-17T11:35:34.299821 application/rdf+xml 19862 2025-07-17T11:35:18.496901 image/jpeg 3088 2025-07-17T11:35:18.430950 image/jpeg 305900 2025-07-17T11:35:16.880968 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog