Literary Feast

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Meals from the public-domain canon, each paired with a recipe printed by a cook of roughly the same era. Both quoted verbatim from the source. Nothing here is invented: the passages were found by machine and carried through by character offset, and the recipes come straight out of cookbooks you can read for free.

1184 meals458 books 24 period cookbooks400–1909 AD
GARGANTUA ANDPANTAGRUELFRANÇOIS RABELAISGargantua and Pantagruel
32 meals SHORT STORIESBY CHEKHOVANTON PAVLOVICH CHEKHOVShort Stories by Chekhov
21 meals SOCIETY AS IHAVE FOUND ITWARD MCALLISTERSociety as I Have Found It
16 meals THE DIARY OFSAMUEL PEPYSSAMUEL PEPYSThe Diary of Samuel Pepys
16 meals THE WHEELOF EARTHHELGA SANDBURGThe wheel of earth
14 meals THE JUNGLEUPTON SINCLAIRThe Jungle
14 meals THE JOURNALS OF LEWISAND CLARK, 1804-1806MERIWETHER LEWISThe Journals of Lewis and Clar
14 meals ULYSSESJAMES JOYCEUlysses
13 meals THE SATYRICONPETRONIUS ARBITERThe Satyricon
12 meals THE EXPEDITION OFHUMPHRY CLINKERT. (TOBIAS) SMOLLETTThe Expedition of Humphry Clin
11 meals A WOMAN WHOWENT TO ALASKAMAY KELLOGG SULLIVANA Woman who went to Alaska
11 meals NIGHTS IN LONDONTHOMAS BURKENights in London
11 meals KALEVALA: THE EPICPOEM OF FINLANDUNKNOWNKalevala: the Epic Poem of Fin
11 meals SHORT STORIES OFGUY DE MAUPASSANTGUY DE MAUPASSANTShort Stories of Guy De Maupas
11 meals THE THOUSANDAND ONE NIGHTSUNKNOWNThe Thousand and One Nights
10 meals THE HESPERIDES& NOBLE NUMBERSROBERT HERRICKThe Hesperides & Noble Numbers
10 meals ENGLISH ECCENTRICSAND ECCENTRICITIESJOHN TIMBSEnglish Eccentrics and Eccentr
9 meals THE LIFE OFCHARLES DICKENSJOHN FORSTERThe Life of Charles Dickens
9 meals THE GOLDEN BOUGHJAMES GEORGE FRAZERThe Golden Bough
9 meals WHEN LIFE WAS YOUNG: ATTHE OLD FARM IN MAINEC. A. (CHARLES ASBURY) STEPHENSWhen Life Was Young: At the Ol
9 meals THE LIFE AND ADVENTURESOF ROBINSON CRUSOEDANIEL DEFOEThe Life and Adventures of Rob
8 meals TWO HAPPYYEARS IN CEYLONC. F. (CONSTANCE FREDERICA) GORDON CUMMINGTwo happy years in Ceylon
8 meals GREATEXPECTATIONSCHARLES DICKENSGreat Expectations
8 meals IN THEFORBIDDEN LANDARNOLD HENRY SAVAGE LANDORIn the forbidden land
7 meals THE INNOCENTSABROADMARK TWAINThe Innocents Abroad
7 meals FAIRY TALES OF HANSCHRISTIAN ANDERSENH. C. (HANS CHRISTIAN) ANDERSENFairy Tales of Hans Christian
7 meals MEMOIRS OF LOUIS XIV ANDHIS COURT AND OF THE REGENCYLOUIS DE ROUVROY SAINT-SIMONMemoirs of Louis XIV and His C
7 meals BIDWELL'S TRAVELS, FROMWALL STREET TO LONDON PRISONAUSTIN BIDWELLBidwell's Travels, from Wall S
7 meals THE BETH BOOKSARAH GRANDThe Beth Book
7 meals THE WORKS OF GUYDE MAUPASSANTGUY DE MAUPASSANTThe works of Guy de Maupassant
7 meals BLEAK HOUSECHARLES DICKENSBleak House
7 meals DAVID COPPERFIELDCHARLES DICKENSDavid Copperfield
6 meals THE WATERLOOROLL CALLCHARLES DALTONThe Waterloo Roll Call
6 meals THE WANDERING JEWEUGÈNE SUEThe Wandering Jew
6 meals THE MAN WHO DID THERIGHT THING: A ROMANCEHARRY JOHNSTONThe Man Who Did the Right Thin
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