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water, Chapter 03.1; boiling, 03.2; sparkling, Chapter 05.1; tainted, 03.3; wine versus, Chapter 06.1

Waterford crystal, Chapter 07.1

Watergate scandal, Chapter 08.1

watermelon, Chapter 08.1

Waters, Alice, Chapter 04.1, Chapter 06.1, Chapter 10.1, Chapter 12.1

Watt, James, Chapter 08.1

wedding cake, Chapter 06.1

Wedgwood, Josiah, Chapter 07.1

weight loss, Chapter 03.1

Wells, Patricia, Chapter 01.1, Chapter 05.1, Chapter 10.1, Chapter 12.1

Wenceslas, King of Bohemia, Chapter 12.1

whiskey figs in, Chapter 08.1

White, E. B., Chapter 07.1, Chapter 09.1

Wilde, Oscar, Chapter 02.1

Willis, Bruce, Chapter 12.1

Will’s Coffee-House (London), Chapter 10.1

Wilson, Woodrow, Chapter 12.1

Wind in the Willows, The (Grahame), Chapter 06.1

wine, Chapter 01.1, Chapter 04.1, 04.2, 04.3, Chapter 07.1, 07.2, Chapter 12.1; books on, Chapter 05.1; bouquet of, Chapter 02.1; California, Chapter 10.1; cheese and, 10.2, 12.2; corkage fee, Chapter 08.1; for dinner parties, 07.3; Egyptian, 287; as hostess gift, 02.2; Italian, Chapter 11.1; Johnson on, 05.2; Parisian, 08.2; poisoned, royal fear of, Chapter 03.1; price of, 04.4; Roman, Chapter 09.1; sommeliers, 10.3; stains, 08.3; tainted 91; water versus, Chapter 06.1; see also specific wines

Wines of France, The (Lichine), Chapter 09.1

Winnie-the-Pooh (Milne), Chapter 03.1

Winthrop, John, Chapter 01.1

wishbones, Chapter 11.1

women: Ruskin and, Chapter 02.1; at table, Chapter 01.1, Chapter 08.1, Chapter 10.1

Woolf, Virginia, Chapter 05.1

Worcestershire sauce, Chapter 09.1

Wordsworth, William, Chapter 01.1

World War I, Chapter 04.1

World War II, Chapter 01.1, Chapter 04.1, Chapter 06.1, Chapter 08.1, 08.2, 08.3, 08.4, Chapter 10.1, Chapter 12.1; VE Day, Chapter 05.1

Wright brothers, Chapter 09.1

Xenophon, Chapter 10.1

yogurt, Chapter 08.1; frozen, Chapter 07.1

Yr Obedient Servant (Eldredge), Chapter 04.1

Zagat restaurant guides, Chapter 11.1

Zen Buddhism, Chapter 04.1

Zick, Alain, Chapter 05.1

Zinfandel, Chapter 10.1

Zola, Emile, Chapter 10.1

Zorba the Greek (Kazantzakis), Chapter 08.1

Béchamel sauce

Billi-bi

Blini

salmon filling for

Bloody Mary

Blueberry pie

Brussels sprout and carrot soup

Caesar salad

Café au lait

Caviar pie

Chestnuts, roasted

Chicken

Marengo

French

Chili con carne

Creamed chipped beef

Croutons

Cucumber

salad

soup

Daiquiri

Dressing

Dumas’s

House

Eggs, soft and hard boiled

Figs in whiskey

Flounder à la Anglais

Fraise à la Cussy

Francillon salad

Frittata

Fruit salad in Cassis

Gazpacho

Gratin Dauphinoise

Gravlax

Guacamole

Martini

Mayonnaise

Pasta al dente

Peach

Bellini

Melba

Pineapple sorbet

Polpettone alla Toscana

Raita

Risotto alla Parmigiana

Rosti

Spaghetti

alla Carbonara

and meatballs

Turkey roast

Vichyssoise

Zucchini, eggplant, tomato, pepper casserole

A NOTE ON THE AUTHORS

James Salter is the author of nine previous books, including the novel A Sport and a Pastime; the collection Dusk and Other Stories, which won the 1989 PEN/Faulkner Award; and Burning the Days: Recollection. Kay Salter is a journalist and playwright who has written for The New York Times and Food and Wine, among other publications. Yr. Obedient Servant, her play about Samuel Johnson, was produced in London under her maiden name, Kay Eldredge. The Salters live in Colorado and on Long Island.

A NOTE ON THE ILLUSTRATOR

Born in Blois, France, in 1962, graphic artist, illustrator, and set and product designer Fabrice Moireau has been sketching his surroundings since earliest childhood. Moireau’s illustrations have appeared in such books as Louis Vuitton’s Carnet de voyage (Paris), Henri Delbard’s Les fruits de ma vie, and Carluccio’s Complete Italian Foodby Antonio and Priscilla Carluccio. He lives in Olivet, France, with his wife and children.