Cyril Ray’s Compleat Imbiber No. 14 ed. Cyril Ray (Beaumont Books, 1989, 1-871073-02-2, £14.95, 191pp, hc, an)
Details supplied by Ned Brooks.
- 9 · Introduction · Kingsley Amis · in
- 13 · Editorial Note · Cyril Ray · ed
- 15 · Approaches to the Bottle
- 16 · The Wine Snob’s… [Insp. Gabriel Hanaud; Mr. Ricardo] · A. E. W. Mason · ex from The Prisoner in the Opal, Hodder & Stoughton, 1928
- 18 · …The Wine Lover’s · Sybille Bedford · ex from A Compass Error, 1968
- 20 · …The Wine Merchant’s · Egon Ronay · ar The Sunday Times March 30 1986
- 23 · …The Enthusiastic Amateur’s · Cyril Ray · ar Punch June 20 1984
- 27 · …The Non-Starter · Miles Kington · ar The Times November 28 1987
- 34 · The Gourmet’s Love-Song · P. G. Wodehouse · pm Punch December 24 1902
- 36 · The Power of Garlic · Humphrey Lyttelton · ar Highlife Magazine June 1986
- 41 · Discoveries
- 42 · 1. “A pity that one cannot buy it in England…” · Sacheverell Sitwell · ar The Sunday Times 1951
- 43 · 2. Yorghti! · Compton Mackenzie · ar from Gallipoli Memories, 1929
- 45 · Variation on a Horatian Theme by Thackeray · James Michie · pm (r)
- 47 · Some People
- 48 · Hemingway and Wine · Stefano Regolini · ar (r)
from Civilta del Bere 1986.
- 51 · Duff’s Drinking Life · John Julius Norwich · ar Number Three St. James Street Autumn 1986
- 56 · My Father’s Cellar · Auberon Waugh · ar Number Three St. James Street Spring 1986
- 61 · The Palmer of Chateau Palmer · Howell Rees Gronow · ar (r)
from “Captain Gronow”, Recollections, 3rd Series, 1865.
- 66 · Nostalgia · Anthony Burgess · ar (r)
from Little Wilson and Big God, 1987.
- 67 · Poet’s Picnic · John Fuller · ar (r)
from Harpers and Queen Magazine, May 1986.
- 70 · Down Under, from Up Here · Paul Levy · ar The Observer Colour Magazine October 13 1987
- 72 · Down Under Ditty · B. A. Young · pm (r)
- · Traveller’s Tales
- 76 · Beaded Bubbles at the Cannon’s Mouth · Peter Carington · ar (r)
- 78 · A Ploughman’s at the Pub · Derek Cooper · ar (r)
essay from The Listener, 26.vi.86.
- 79 · Claret Country · Henry James · ar (r)
from A Little Tour in France, 1884.
- 80 · Bordelay · [uncredited] · pm (r)
from Lickerish Limericks.
- 81 · It Isn’t All Baloney in Bologna · Cyril & Elizabeth Ray · ar (r)
from Punch Food and Drink Extra, July 1987.
- 84 · Viva Italia · [uncredited] · pm (r)
from Lickerish Limericks.
- 85 · Nobody Knows the Truffles I’ve Seen · Burton Anderson · ar (r)
from Sunday Times Wine Club Magazine.
- 91 · Medeterranean Feast · Alan Jenkins · pm (r)
- · Cups That Cheer but Not Inebriate
- 94 · The Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine · Harriet A. Glazebrook · pm (r)
from Parlour Poetry, 1967.
- 96 · A Nice Cup of Tea · George Orwell · ar The Evening Standard January 12 1946
- 99 · “Tea Works Its Mischief Slowly” · Cecil Torr · ar (r)
from Small Talk at Wreyland, First Series, 1918.
- 100 · A Cupid’s Nightcap · Stanley J. Sharpless · pm (r)
- · Tales to Tell
- 103 · Monsieur Dodin-Bouffant Makes and End of It: A Story · Marcel Rouff · ss (r)
from The Passionate Epicure trans. Claude 1961.
- 111 · The Bresse Chicken: A Story · Anthelme Brillat-Savarin · ss (r)
from La Physologie du Gout, 1826.
- 113 · Applejohn · Frank Parrish · ss (r)
- 124 · The Blude-Red Wine [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1989 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1989
- 136 · Song for Vintners · Lord Alfred Douglas · pm (r)
from Tails with a Twist, 1979.
- · Memorable Meals
- 140 · On Dining Alone · M. K. Fisher · ss (r)
from Serve It Forth (1937?).
- 143 · ‘Never Anything So Good Again…’ · W. M. Thackeray · ar Fraser’s Magazine 1841
- 145 · Tit-Bit · Augustus Hare · ar (r)
anecdote (the one about Dr. Buckland eating the heart of a French king).
- 146 · Les Trois Cochons · John Davies, M.W. · ar (r)
from Sunday Times Wine Club Magazine.
- 149 · Frying Tonight · Vernon Scannell · pm (r)
- 150 · From Parson Woodforde’s Diary—excerpts, 1770-1795 · Parson Woodforde · ex (r)
- 153 · …and from Parson Beerbohm’s—excerpts, 1937 · Parson Beerbohm · ex (r)
- · Table d’Hote
- 156 · Soup of the Evening, Beautiful Soup · Harry Luke · ar (r)
from The Tenth Muse, 1950.
- 157 · Dinner with Turbot · Ford Madox Ford · ar (r)
from American Vogue Magazine (pre 1914).
- 162 · Give Me the Mundane Pleaures of the Flesh · Gerry Hamill · pm (r)
- 163 · The Roast Beef of Old England · Harrison Ainsworth · ar (r)
from The Lancashire Witches, 1848.
- 164 · The Roast Beef of Old France · Arthur Young · ar (r)
from Travels in France, 1791.
- 165 · …And of France Today · Ruth Silvestre · ar The Guardian
- 168 · Boeuf Wellington · Stanhope · ar (r)
from Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington 1831-1851.
- 170 · If Only He Had Drunk Two Bottles · Cecil Torr · ar (r)
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 (r)
- 177 · What to Buy and What to Drink in 1990 · Clive Coates, M.W. · ar (r)
- 183 · Strugnell’s Sonnet on the Price of Sin · Wendy Cope · pm (r)
from Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, 1986.
- 185 · Notes on Contemporary Contributors · [uncredited] · bg
- 189 · Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms
- 191 · The Illustrators · [uncredited] · bg
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