N° 53 - October 21, 2006
N° 52 - October 14, 2006
N° 51 - October 7, 2006
N° 50 - September 30, 2006
N° 49 - September 9, 2006
N° 48 - September 16, 2006
N° 47 - September 9, 2006
N° 46 - September 1, 2006
N° 45 - August 26, 2006
N° 44 - August 19, 2006
N° 43 - August 12, 2006
N° 42 - August 4, 2006
N° 41 - July 29, 2006
N° 40 - July 22, 2006
N° 39 - July 14, 2006
* THE BASTILLE DAY EDITION *
N° 38 - July 8, 2006
N° 37 - July 1, 2006
N° 36 - June 24, 2006
N° 35 - June 17, 2006
N° 34 - June 10, 2006
N° 33 - June 3, 2006
N° 32 - May 27, 2006
N° 31 - May 20, 2006
N° 30 - May 13, 2006
N° 29 - May 6, 2006
N° 28 - April 29, 2006
N° 27 - April 22, 2006
N° 26 - April 15, 2006
N° 25 - April 8, 2006
N° 24 - April 6, 2006
N° 23 - March 25, 2006
N° 22 - March 18, 2006
N° 21 - March 11, 2006
N° 20 - March 4, 2006
N° 19 - February 25, 2006
N° 18 - February 18, 2006
N° 17 - February 11, 2006
* THE VALENTINE EDITION *
N° 16 - February 4, 2006
N° 15 - January 28, 2006
N° 14 - January 21, 2006
N° 13 - January 14, 2006
N° 12 - January 7, 2006
2005
N° 11 - December 31, 2005
* THE NEW YEAR'S EDITION *
N° 10 - December 24, 2005
* THE CHRISTMAS EDITION *
N° 9 - December 17, 2005
N° 8 - December 10, 2005
N° 7 - December 3, 2005
N° 6 - November 19, 2005
N° 5 - November 12, 2005
N° 4 - November 5, 2005
N° 3 - October 29, 2005
N° 2 - October 22, 2005
N° 1 - October 15, 2005
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FEATURES
As Sundries has progressed, a few regular features have developed. This section provides a guide to those.
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THE OLD REGIME POLICE BLOTTER
The Old Regime Police Blotter is an attempt to compile and translate crimes and other matters of interest to the authorities under the Old Regime in France. It is very loosely modelled on the Newgate Calendar, an English collection of legal cases which has no real equivalent in France.
NOTE: The original source material here is in the public domain. My own translations however are not - please note that they are protected by copyright.
MURDER
SUICIDE
RAPE
PROSTITUTION
The above groups of cases are now available in a book:
SODOMY
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18th CENTURY RECIPES
These recipes, primarily French and primarily from the "long" 18th century, have been compiled (and, in most cases, translated) from a wide variety of sources. I have also appended some essays on larger subjects related to food.
MENUS, IN PART OR OTHERWISE
A meal for Marie-Antoinette
The menus here are all for dishes listed in the Entrée course (only) for a meal served to Marie-Antoinette. Since sixteen dishes were offered for this one course, modern cooks should be able to find more than enough dishes here for one or more "royal" meals.
NOTE: Where possible I have provided the menu for the exact meal listed; otherwise, I have provided the closest documented equivalent.
A meal for 10-12 guests
This is one of several model meals provided in an 18th century French cookbook. The same book does not provide recipes for all the dishes listed, so I have compiled and translated these from a number of sources.
Recipes associated with this Model Meal have been collected in one book, now joined by a second, vegetarian, volume:
Click on any image to buy the associated book.
For some sample 18th century vegetarian recipes, click here.
SAUCES, PREPARATIONS, ETC
SOUPS
SALADS
DESSERTS
Ice cream, sherberts and other frozen desserts
BREADS
MAIN COURSES
NOVELTY
FOR MODERN HOLIDAYS
Valentine's Day
Fourth of July
Bastille Day
Thanksgiving
ESSAYS AND OVERVIEWS
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LE MAGASIN PITTORESQUE
The Magasin Pittoresque began publication in 1833 and continued until 1912. It was as eclectic a publication as can be imagined, and richly illustrated (with woodcuts). The entries here are to mini-indexes of each issue which highlight the entries relevant to the "long" eighteenth century. A few "off-topic" entries are listed as well. To view the articles themselves (which are in French), visit the French National Library's Gallica site, find the volume listed and go to the page indicated.
(Highlights only)
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