"Bouchees" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... terminated with a chaine diabolique and a cancan d'enfer at seven in the morning. (Morning-service—'Ere the fresh lawns appeared under the opening eyelids of the Morn.—') Here is the menu:—'Consomme de volaille a la Bagration; 16 hors-d'oeuvres varies. Bouchees a la Talleyrand. Saumons froids, sauce Ravigote. Filets de boeuf en Bellevue, timbales milanaises chaudfroid de gibier. Dindes truffees. Pates de foies gras, buissons d'ecrevisses, salades venetiennes, gelees blanches aux fruits, gateaux mancini, parisiens ...
— Harvard Classics Volume 28 - Essays English and American • Various |
