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.

1188 meals461 books 24 period cookbooks400–1909 AD
GARGANTUA ANDPANTAGRUELFRANÇOIS RABELAISGargantua and Pantagruel
32 meals PROJECT GUTENBERG COMPILATIONOF SHORT STORIES BY CHEKHOVANTON PAVLOVICH CHEKHOVProject Gutenberg Compilation
21 meals SOCIETY AS IHAVE FOUND ITWARD MCALLISTERSociety as I Have Found It
16 meals THE DIARY OF SAMUELPEPYS — COMPLETESAMUEL PEPYSThe Diary of Samuel Pepys — Co
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 SATYRICON— COMPLETEPETRONIUS ARBITERThe Satyricon — Complete
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 EPIC POEMOF FINLAND — COMPLETEUNKNOWNKalevala : the Epic Poem of Fi
11 meals COMPLETE ORIGINAL SHORTSTORIES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANTGUY DE MAUPASSANTComplete Original Short Storie
11 meals THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, VOL. I.: COMMONLYCALLED THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTSUNKNOWNThe Thousand and One Nights, V
10 meals THE HESPERIDES & NOBLENUMBERS: VOL. 1 AND 2ROBERT HERRICKThe Hesperides & Noble Numbers
10 meals ENGLISH ECCENTRICSAND ECCENTRICITIESJOHN TIMBSEnglish Eccentrics and Eccentr
9 meals THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS,VOL. I-III, COMPLETEJOHN FORSTERThe Life of Charles Dickens, V
9 meals THE GOLDEN BOUGH: A STUDYOF MAGIC AND RELIGIONJAMES GEORGE FRAZERThe Golden Bough: A Study of M
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 LITTLE WOMENLOUISA MAY ALCOTTLittle Women
8 meals IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND : $B AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY INTO TIBET, CAPTURE BYTHE TIBETAN LAMAS AND SOLDIERS, IMPRISONMENT, TORTURE AND ULTIMATE RELEASEARNOLD HENRY SAVAGE LANDORIn the forbidden land : $b an
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 AND HIS COURTAND OF THE REGENCY — COMPLETELOUIS DE ROUVROY SAINT-SIMONMemoirs of Louis XIV and His C
7 meals BIDWELL'S TRAVELS, FROM WALL STREET TOLONDON PRISON: FIFTEEN YEARS IN SOLITUDEAUSTIN BIDWELLBidwell's Travels, from Wall S
7 meals THE BETH BOOK: BEING A STUDY OF THE LIFE OFELIZABETH CALDWELL MACLURE, A WOMAN OF GENIUSSARAH GRANDThe Beth Book: Being a Study o
7 meals BLEAK HOUSECHARLES DICKENSBleak House
7 meals DAVID COPPERFIELDCHARLES DICKENSDavid Copperfield
6 meals THE WATERLOO ROLL CALL: WITHBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTESCHARLES DALTONThe Waterloo Roll Call: With B
6 meals THE WANDERINGJEW — COMPLETEEUGÈNE SUEThe Wandering Jew — Complete
6 meals THE MAN WHO DID THERIGHT THING: A ROMANCEHARRY JOHNSTONThe Man Who Did the Right Thin
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