Cyril Ray’s Compleat Imbiber No.14 ed. Cyril Ray (Beaumont Books 1-871073-02-2, 1989, £14.95, 191pp, hc)
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- Foreward · Beryl Reid, OBE · fw
- The Cat’s Paradise · Émile Zola · ss
- Lillian · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s Feb 1 1930
- Saha · Colette · ss
- 9 · Introduction · Kingsley Amis · in
- 13 · Editorial Note · Cyril Ray · ed
- "Approaches to the Bottle"
- 16 · The Wine Snob’s... · A. E. W. Mason · ex; excerpt from THE PRISONER IN THE OPAL 1929.
- 18 · ...The Wine Lover’s · Sybille Bedford · ex; excerpt from A COMPASS ERROR 1968.
- 20 · ...The Wine Merchant’s · Egon Ronay · ar; from Sunday Times 30.iii.86.
- 23 · ...The Enthusiastic Amateur’s · Cyril Ray · ar; from Punch Extra 20.vi.1984.
- 27 · ...The Non-Starter · Miles Kington · ar The Times Nov 28 1987
- 34 · The Gourmet’s Love-Song · P. G. Wodehouse · pm Punch 1901
- 36 · The Power of Garlic · Humphrey Lyttleton · ar Highlife Magazine Jun 1986
- "Discoveries"
- 42 · 1. ‘A pity that one cannot buy it in England’... · Sacheverell Sitwell · ar The Sunday Times (London) 1951
- 43 · 2. Yorghti! · Compton Mackenzie · ar; from Gallipoli Memories 1929.
- 45 · Variation on a Horatian Theme · James Michie Thackeray · pm
- "Some People"
- 48 · Hemingway and Wine · Stefano Regolini · ar; from Civilita de Bere 1986.
- 51 · Duff’s Drinking Life · John Julius Norwich · ar Number Three St. James Street Aut 1986
- 56 · My Father’s Cellar · Auberon Waugh · ar Number Three St. James Street Spr 1986
- 61 · The Palmer of Chateau Palmer · Howell Rees Gronow · ar; Captain Gronow, Recollections, 3rd Series, 1865.
- 66 · Nostalgia · Anthony Burgess · ar; from Little Wilson and Big God, 1987.
- 67 · Poet’s Picnic · John Fuller · ar; from Harpers and Queen Magazine, May 1986.
- 70 · Down Under, from Up Here · Paul Levy · ar The Observer Colour Magazine Oct 13 1987
- 72 · Down Under Ditty · B. A. Young · pm
- "Traveller’s Tales"
- 76 · Beaded Bubbles at the Cannon’s Mouth · Peter Carrington · ar
- 78 · A Ploughman’s at the Pub · Derek Cooper · ar; essay from The Listener, 26.vi.86.
- 79 · Claret Country · Henry James · ar; from A Little Tour in France, 1884.
- 80 · Bordelay · anon. · pm; from Lickerish Limericks.
- 81 · It Isn’t All Baloney in Bologna · Cyril & Elizabeth Ray · ar; from Punch Food and Drink Extra, July 1987.
- 84 · Viva Italia · anon. · pm; from Lickerish Limericks.
- 85 · Nobody Knows the Truffles I’ve Seen · Burton Anderson · ar; from Sunday Times Wine Club Magazine.
- 91 · Medeterranean Feast · Alan Jenkins · pm
- "Cups That Cheer but not Inebriate"
- 94 · The Lips that Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine · Harriet A. Glazebrook · pm; from Parlour Poetry, 1967.
- 96 · A Nice Cup of Tea · George Orwell · ar The (London) Evening Standard Jan 12 1946
- 99 · “Tea Works Its Mischief Slowly” · Cecil Torr · ar; from Small Talk at Wreyland, First Series, 1918.
- 100 · A Cupid’s Nightcap · Stanley J. Sharpless · pm
- "Tales to Tell"
- 103 · Monsieur Dodin-Bouffant Makes and End of It: A Story · Marcel Rouff · ss; from The Passionate Epicure trans. Claude 1961.
- 111 · The Bresse Chicken: A Story · Anthelme Brillat-Savarin · ss; from La Physologie du Gout, 1826.
- 113 · Applejohn · Frank Parrish · ss
- 124 · The Blude-Red Wine [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection, ed. Herbert Harris 1989
- 136 · Song for Vintners · Lord Alfred Douglas · pm; from Tails with a Twist, 1979.
- "Memorable Meals"
- 140 · On Dining Alone · M. K. Fisher · ss; from Serve It Forth (1937?).
- 143 · ‘Never Anything So Good Again...’ · W. M. Thackeray · ar Fraser’s Magazine 1841
- 145 · Tit-Bit · Augustus Hare · nf; anecdote (the one about Dr. Buckland eating the heart of a French king).
- 146 · Les Trois Cochons · John Davies, M.W. · ar; from Sunday Times Wine Club Magazine.
- 149 · Frying Tonight · Vernon Scannell · pm
- 150 · From Parson Woodforde’s Diary - excerpts, 1770-1795 · Parson Woodforde · ex
- 153 · ...and from Parson Beerbohm’s - excerpts, 1937 · Parson Beerbohm · ex
- "Table d’Hote"
- 156 · Soup of the Evening, Beautiful Soup · Harry Luke · ar; from The Tenth Muse, 1950.
- 157 · Dinner with Turbot · Ford Madox Ford · ar; from American Vogue Magazine (pre 1914).
- 162 · Give Me the Mundane Pleaures of the Flesh · Gerry Hamill · pm
- 163 · The Roast Beef of Old England · Harrison Ainsworth · ar; from The Lancashire Witches, 1848.
- 164 · The Roast Beef of Old France · Arthur Young · ar; from Travels in France, 1791.
- 165 · ...And of France Today · Ruth Silvertre · ar The Guardian
- 168 · Boeuf Wellington · Stanhope · ar; from Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington 1831-1851.
- 170 · If Only He Had Drunk Two Bottles · Cecil Torr · nf; ancdote from Small Talk at Wreyland, Second Series, 1921.
- "Two Reds Don’t Make a White"
- 172 · 1. Burgundy · Paul Levy · ar The Observer
- 174 · 2. Claret · Pamela Vandyke Price · ar
- 177 · What to Buy and What to Drink in 1990 · Clive Coates, M.W. · ar
- 183 · Strugnell’s Sonnet on the Price of Sin · Wendy Cope · pm; from Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, 1986.
- 185 · Notes on Contemporary Contributors · [Misc.] · bg
- 189 · Acknowledgements · [Misc.] · ms
- 191 · The Illustrators · [Misc.] · bg
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