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Index
A
Abbasids, 160, 189, 192, 248, 354
Aborigines, Australian, 258
Abraham, 106
Accidents at meals, 252–53
Adler, Elizabeth, 196–97
Africans, 56, 58–59, 61, 92, 93–94, 159, 170, 196, 201, 271, 295, 309–10, 324, 373, See also individual countries, tribes
“Agogos,” 85
Ainus, 161, 327
Airline dinners, 185, 230–33
A la française, dinners, 222–26, 228, 229, 230, 231, 250, 301
A l’allemande, dinners, 227
A la russe, dinners, 227–29, 232, 269, 283, 301, 313, 387
Alcohol, 55, 135, 272–73, 275, 278, 281, 283, 295, 311, 318, 323, 382
Ale. See Beer
Alexander the Great, King, 112, 286
Alone, eating, 21, 55, 92, 98, 150, 310
Ambigu, 228
Americans, Latin, 148, 329, 368
Americans, North, 2–3, 23–24, 38–39, 52, 55, 59, 61–62, 85–90, 100, 127, 130, 136, 139, 144, 148, 151, 160, 165, 179, 180, 189, 194, 207, 211, 215–18, 219, 222, 228, 241, 252, 270, 276, 292, 296, 314, 317, 320, 322, 325, 341, 346, 350, 357, 361–62
Amphitryon, 108, 110, 268. See also Hosts and guests
Anderson, E.N. Jr. and M.L., 206
Andréani, Ghislaine, 220
Animals, 25, 27, 28, 106; bad-mannered people compared to, 73, 76, 85, 106, 194–95, 283, 353, 364, 365, 366. See also individual animals
Anise, 225, 362
Anorexia, 247
Apéritif, 135–36
Aphrodisiac, 135
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 289
Apologizing, 135, 243, 247, 372
Appadurai, Arjun, 55, 143
Appreciation, showing, 2, 244–45, 247, 248, 252, 253, 373. See also Praising; Belching; Slurping; Smacking lips
Apricots, 194
Arabs, 100, 127–29, 142, 150, 160, 189, 190, 1
91–93, 194, 197, 201, 219, 244, 248, 252, 328, 329, 373. See also Abbasids; United Arab Emirates; Egyptians; Rwala Bedouin
Arawaks, 9–10
Archaism, and manners, 38–39, 200, 240
Areca nut, 324
Arens, W., 11
Aristotle, 72, 279
Aron, Jean-Paul, 223
Artichokes, 26, 213
Artus, Thomas, 213
Asking for food, drink, 55, 63, 227, 248, 311, 368
Asparagus, 194, 213, 342
Assamese, 93, 312, 322
Assiette, 199, 214
Assyrians, 172
Athenaeus, 112, 120, 173, 187, 252, 294, 332, 368, 374
Attention, paying, 142, 146, 163, 225, 248, 274–75, 280, 281, 368, 390; drawing to oneself, 341–42, 349, 355, 358, 367, 371. See also Tapping a glass; Inattention
Audience, watching feasts, 113, 147, 301, 312, 319–20
Austen, Jane, 179
Austrians, 211–12
Aztecs, 11–14, 16–17, 18, 20, 23
B
The Babees’ Book, 72
Baldrige, Letitia, 290
Bananas, 16, 54, 342
Banquets, 166–67, 170, 225; Chinese, 243; banqueting house, 113, 165–66. See also Feasts
Barbecue, 257
Barley, 42
Barthes, Roland, 202, 203, 204, 205, 350
Beans, 99, 213
Beef, 112, 267, 268, 312, 337; “Beef lesson,” 271
Beer, 37, 127, 136, 271, 278, 282–83, 286, 294, 310
Beeton, Isabella, 266, 269, 363
Belching, 60, 68, 76, 246, 342, 372
Belgians, 320
Bell, 126, 156–57
Belt, 282, 371
Bemba, 37
Bench, 40, 166, 371
Benedict, St., 206
Berndt, Ronald, 22
de Berry, Duc, 187
Betel nuts, 322
Best pieces, taking the, 138, 150, 203, 211, 365
Birds, great, 262
Birthdays, 25
Biting, 196
Bitten food, 196, 204, 348. See also Breaking food
Blancmange, 346
Blood, 15, 18, 43, 106
Blowing, 358. See also Breath, breathing
Bogart, Humphrey, 291–92
Boke of Curtasye, 324, 371
Bones, 12, 15–16, 17, 22, 85, 190, 254–55, 260, 349, 353, 361, 362
Bonnet, Jean-Claude, 176
Bottles, 279, 281
Bourdieu, Pierre, 349
Bowing, 126, 127, 128, 189, 280, 281, 285, 292, 311, 313, 317
Bowls, 214, 218, 219, 234, 322. See also Plates
Brains, eating, 255, 267, 346
Branchereau, Louis, 73, 142, 188, 200, 217, 247, 250, 320, 359, 362
Brandt, Sebastian, 75
Bread, 7–8, 42, 43, 77, 119–20, 126, 160, 162, 169, 186–87, 192, 196, 200, 208, 209, 210, 213, 233, 234–35, 240, 241, 246, 253, 263, 272, 279, 321, 341, 348, 351; bread basket, 208–9
Breakfast, 25, 52, 65, 160–61, 168, 171–72, 179, 230, 232, 279–80
Breaking food, 77, 196, 197, 200, 208, 340, 349
Breast, eating, 263, 264, 270
Breast-feeding. See Nursing
Breath, breathing, 312, 345, 360, 362, 373. See also Blowing, Anise
Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme, 184
British, 38–39, 57, 72, 86, 122–23, 126–128, 139, 142, 147, 157, 161–62, 166–67, 168, 178, 179, 185, 195, 199, 208, 211, 212, 213, 217, 219, 223, 224, 230, 240–41, 251–52, 266–68, 269, 270, 283, 284, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290–92, 296, 313, 314–17, 320, 321, 328, 346–47, 350, 357, 361–62, 363–65, 368–69, 373–75
Buddhists, 204
Buffet dinners, 168, 228, 338; shelves, 168, 244
Bulgarians, 126–27, 250
Bull, Roger, 76
Bumpers, 289
Buñuel, Luis, 342
Burgess, Anthony, 220
Burgundians, 29, 224, 239, 262
Burkert, Walter, 260
Butler, 141, 152, 157, 263, 315, 386
Butter, 200, 209, 225, 234, 240, 337, 354; butter knife, 354
Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 270
C
Cafés, 140,
Cake, 38, 166, 211–12; cake fork, 212. See also Wedding cake
Caliban, 10
Cambacérès, Archchancellor, 252
Camel, 258
Canadians, 248
Candies, 225
Candles, 44, 178, 180–81, 182, 183, 222, 225, 235
Cannibalism, 9–23, 26, 41, 44, 48
Canopy, 149, 172
Carême, Antonin, 226
Caribs, 9–10
Carving, 39–43, 72, 150, 213, 226, 227, 248, 252, 254–71, 313, 387; Carving master, 268
Caste, 66 See also Pollution; ritual
Castiglione, Baldassare, 80–81, 84
Cats, 187, 341–42
Ceausescu, Nicolae, 160
Celery, 200
Celts, 112, 196
Cervio, Vincenzo, 264–66
Cha no yu, 130, 228, 242–43
Chaga, 57, 62
Chairs, 3, 59, 61, 111–112, 147, 149–50, 151, 170, 188, 231, 233, 301, 367, 383, 386; empty, 94, 126, 247
Chamber–pots. See Urinating
Champagne, 135
Chancellor, Richard, 162
Chao, B.Y., 85, 143, 162, 203
Charles the Bold, King, 29, 224
Charles, N., and Kerr, M., 56, 57–58, 65
Charlie, Bonnie Prince, 292
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 199
Cheese, 85, 210–11, 279, 312, 320, 321; cheese knife, 85, 210
Cherries, 342–43
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Earl of, 90, 268, 301
Chewing, 9 106, 179, 195–96, 200, 347, 350, 352–53, 361–62, 394
Chewing gum, 361–62
Chicken, 194, 312
Children, 48–49, 60, 150, 274–75, 311, 332, 347; at dinner, 126, 143, 149, 160, 190, 197, 247, 248, 254, 270, 300, 308–310, 340; training, 23–24, 47–66, 69, 71, 93–94, 171–72, 190, 192, 194, 202, 203–4, 211, 218, 330–32, 343, 368, 384; use of children’s innocence, 115, 259
Chimpanzees, 6
Chin, keeping a clean, 195, 198, 333
Chinese, 39–40, 78, 100, 118–19, 130–31, 133, 135–36, 143, 162, 163, 176 185–86, 192, 201–6, 221, 233–34, 235, 236, 243–44, 245–47, 248, 249, 250, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 295, 308–9, 319, 322, 324–25, 357, 358, 358, 360, 372–73. See also Li Chi
Chips. See French fries
Chocolate, chocolates, 38, 126–28, 134
Chopsticks, 85, 162, 201–6, 233, 241, 295, 312, 319, 322, 361
Christians, 43, 70–71, 73, 107, 129, 142, 156–57, 160, 186, 287–88. See also Eucharist; Christmas; Last Supper; Jesus Christ
Christmas, 36, 38, 120, 180, 218, 384
Claudius, Emperor, 43
Cleanliness, 1, 23, 127, 129, 184–85, 187–88, 189, 201, 341, 383, 387–88, 394–96. See also Pollution
Clearing the eating place, 227–28, 273, 319, 322, 324, 340, 348–49, 377, 386
Clinking. See Tapping
Clothing, 113, 122, 129–33, 140, 141, 172, 195, 243, 263, 325, 328–29, 338, 381, 383, 385
Cocktail party, 166–67, 381–82, 394
Cod, 268
Coffee, 38, 54, 129, 134–35, 190, 214, 219, 244, 303, 313, 314, 315, 316, 322, 323, 325
Cola nut, 133–34, 158–60
Colefax, Lady Sybil, 122
Collation, 296
Columbus, Christopher, 9–11
Companionship, 8, 131, 133–34, 137–38, 232, 233, 272–78, 281
Competence, 23–26, 84–85, 90, 172, 205–6, 228, 273, 274–75, 280–81, 332–33, 367, 381, 390, 394–96
Condiments, 182, 231, 350. See Salt
Consideration. See Attention
Conventions, 3, 25, 26, 27, 119, 121–22, 385
Conversation. See Talking
Cookies, 196
Cooking, cooks, 7, 20–22, 23, 89–92
, 93, 94, 113, 114, 126, 133, 143, 150, 160, 165, 180, 190, 205–6, 221, 230, 247, 257, 258, 259, 260, 270, 303–11, 312, 318, 337, 339–40, 350, 386, 391–92
Cooperation, 194, 203–4, 281, 290. See Sharing
Corn (maize), 13–15, 16, 194–95
Coryat, Thomas, 213
Cosmos, meal symbolizes, 156, 220
Couches, 156–57, 173. See also Lying down
Coughing, 369, 372, 373
Courses, 169, 177, 222–28, 231, 232–33, 241, 248
The Court of civill Courtesie, 144, 248, 290, 347–48, 373
Courtesans, 129, 277, 306
Courtesy, 68, 69–70
de Courtin, Antoine, 70–71, 213
Coverings, 158, 231, 234, 395
Covers. See Coverings; Place settings
Crab, 266–67
Cramming the mouth, 195, 203–4, 215, 350–53, 371
Crater, 273, 280
Crayfish, 183–84, 200
Credenza, 157, 266, 268–69, 301
Criticizing, 246–47
Cruet stands, 183
Cup–bearer, 263, 283, 286
Cups, 43–44, 169, 190, 192, 198–99, 204–5, 218–20, 243, 273, 280, 281, 286, 338. See also Loving cup
Curry, 85
Curses, 261–63
Cushions, 107, 176
Cutlery, 58, 190, 194–95, 198–99, 202–6, 213, 218, 231, 233, 240, 241, 243, 276, 286, 395. See also Knife, Fork, Spoon
Cutting, 195–96, 198–99, 205–6. See also Carving
Czechoslovakia, 320
D
Damian, St. Peter, 213
Dancing, 136, 274–75
Danes, 250, 303, 320
Death to the diner, 5, 109–10, 137, 180, 185, 204–5, 210, 261, 319; reminders of, 126–28, 156. See also Violence
Decorations, 130, 131, 132, 151, 178, 181–84, 222, 224–25, 240, 301
Dedekind, Friederich, 75
Deetz, James, 217
Deference, 86, 126–28, 129, 142–43, 151, 152, 271. See also Honour, Bowing
Delicacies, given as honour, 120, 242, 253, 329
Della Casa, Giovanni. See Galateo
Dessert, 88, 165–67, 177, 214, 223, 225, 228, 230, 232, 304, 319, 320–21; dessert setting, 320–22
Díaz del Castillo, Bernal, 15
Dickens, Charles, 35, 178, 217, 289–90, 314, 332
Dieting, 53, 100, 364
Difficulty of table manners, 83–86, 190, 204, 211, 217–18, 274–75
Digestif, 135–36
Dining room, 93–94, 156, 164–65, 172–73, 306. See also Triclinium
Dinner, 135–36, 179, 232
Dionysus, 280, 310–11
Dioscorides, 279
Dipping, 197–99, 200, 235, 248
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