1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

CHAPTER XII "Good living is due to that action oftte judgment by which things that please our taste are preferable to all others."— Savarin. In the Bachelor's Cupboard there are many condiments. The epicure has so cultivated his taste that he can tell in the twinkling of an eye just what ones are used in the prep- aration of a dish, just what it lacks, or, perchance, if there be too much of one seasoning. By his knowledge and apprecia- tion of condiments is the epicure rec- ognized ; insipidity of taste goes with lack of character, and the greatest of dullards satisfies himself with the simplest of foods. To be an epicure does not necessarily mean that a man must be possessed of means; for, as Savarin tells us, " the pleasures of the table are common to all ranks and ages, to all countries and times;

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