A dining table, cabinet and larder filled with hams, roast fowl, wine, fruit, etc. Frontispiece to Grimod de la Reynière's Almanach des Gourmands, 1803. The first guide to gastronomy and restaurants in the Napoleonic era. Illustration from Paul Lacroix's Directoire, Consulat et Empire, (Directory, Consulate and Empire), Paris, 1884.

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