Peter Lund Simmonds

Originally published in London in 1859, this rare treasure of culinary history was recently brought to light in the award-winning Oxford Companion to Food, whose author, Alan Davidson, used it as a primary reference in researching some of the more obscure foodstuffs consumed across the globe. Davidson writes that "[CURIOSITIES] is in all probability the first attempt to write a general worldwide survey of animal products." Long out of print and scarce even in the antiquarian market, this lost classic of wit, erudition, and grand storytelling is now made available in a facsimile edition, with an introduction by Davidson. As Simmonds reveals in his charming culinary travelogue, just about everything that walks, swims, crawls, slithers, or flies has been eaten at one time or another, and the eminent Victorian scholar has the tasting notes. On lizards: "In Guatemala, there is a popular belief, that lizards eaten alive cure cancer. . . . The man who first eat a live oyster or clam, was certainly a venturous fellow, but the eccentric individual who allowed a live lizard to run down his throat was infinitely more so." ?Ä¢ One of the most important works of culinary history from the nineteenth century, and a significant primary source for Alan Davidson's award-winning Oxford Companion to Food.

The Curiosities of Food, Or, The Dainties and Delicacies of Different Nations Obtained from the Animal Kingdom

The Commercial Products of the Animal Kingdom Employed in the Arts and Manufactures, Shown in the Collection of the Bethnal Green Branch of the South Kensington Museum

A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce, and Consumption of the Principal Products of the Vegetable Kingdom

Tropical Agriculture

The British roll of honour, a descriptive account of the orders of chivalry in various countries. Also lists of the British subjects, now living, who have been enrolled in these orders

A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce and Consumption of the Principal Products of the Vegetable Kingdom

Being an Account of the American Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, Under the Patronage of Henry Grinnell, Esq. of New York

The Arctic Regions

With Detailed Notices of the Expeditions in Search of the Missing Vessals Under Sir John Franklin

Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions

The Commercial Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing and Technical Terms ...

Tropical agriculture, a treatise on the culture, preparation, commerce and consumption of products of the vegetable kingdom

Being an Account of the American Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, Under the Patronage of Henry Grinnell ... of New York

The Arctic regions. To which is added, the recovery of the Resolute. With an account of the new British expedition

The Arctic regions. To which is added, the recovery of the Resolute. With discoveries by captain McClintock

A Narrative, Showing the Progress of British Enterprise for the Discovery of the North-west Passage Duing the Nineteenth Century: with Notices of All the Expeditions Sent in Search of the Missing Vessels Under Captain Sir John Franklin

The Technologist. Ed. by P.L. Simmonds

Their Cultivation, Commerce, and Uses in Various Countries. A Manual of Reference for the Grower, Dealer, and Brewer

Hops

William Henry Giles Kingston

Simmonds Colonial Magazine and Foreign Miscellany

Henry Parkinson

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

Numerous Contributions from the several Heads of Departments and other experienced Writers on special Subjects

The illustrated Record and descriptive Catalogue of the Dublin International Exhibition of 1865

Peter Lund Simmonds

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