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GALA-DAY LUNCHEONS
GALA-DAY LUNCHEONS
_A Little Book of Suggestions_
BY CAROLINE BENEDICT BURRELL
[Illustration]
NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1901
_Copyright, 1901_ BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
_Thanks are due to Messrs. Harper and Brothers for their kind permission to use that part of this book which has already appeared in Harper's Bazar._
Table of Contents
PAGE LUNCHEON GIVING 1 A NEW YEAR'S LUNCHEON 19 A MUSICAL LUNCHEON 26 A JAPANESE LUNCHEON FOR CHILDREN 30 A VALENTINE'S DAY LUNCHEON 35 A WASHINGTON LUNCHEON 44 A SHROVE TUESDAY LUNCHEON 51 A LENTEN LUNCHEON 54 A SAINT PATRICK'S DAY LUNCHEON 61 A CHRISTENING LUNCHEON 65 AN EASTER LUNCHEON 70 A SHAKESPEARIAN LUNCHEON 78 A MAY-DAY LUNCHEON 88 AN APPLE-BLOSSOM LUNCHEON 93 A SCHOOL-GIRL LUNCHEON 97 A MILITARY LUNCHEON 99 A DELFT LUNCHEON 103 A BRIDAL LUNCHEON 106 A GRADUATES' LUNCHEON 113 A ROSE LUNCHEON 115 A PEONY LUNCHEON 118 A FOURTH OF JULY LUNCHEON 123 A NAUTICAL LUNCHEON 129 A TRAVELLER'S LUNCHEON 134 A YALE LUNCHEON 141 A HARVARD LUNCHEON 144 A PRINCETON LUNCHEON 145 A POND-LILY LUNCHEON 146 A FERN LUNCHEON 149 A POVERTY LUNCHEON 154 A GOLF LUNCHEON 156 A BICYCLE LUNCHEON 164 AN ALUMNI LUNCHEON 167 A LABOUR-DAY LUNCHEON 171 A TIN-WEDDING LUNCHEON 173 A HALLOWE'EN LUNCHEON 179 AN AUTHOR'S LUNCHEON 183 A THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON 188 A CARMEN LUNCHEON 193 A HORSE-SHOW LUNCHEON 197 AN INDIAN LUNCHEON 199 A CARD LUNCHEON 201 A CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON 206 A SNOW LUNCHEON 215 AN ANNOUNCEMENT LUNCHEON 218
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: Gala Day Luncheons by Caroline Benedict Burrell
- 2: The possession of a good cook book
- 3: Illustration HONITON LACE DOILY
- 4: Which stand around the centrepiece and hold salted nuts
- 5: Bouillon spoons have perfectly circular bowls at present
- 6: But a luncheon should be a luncheon
- 7: And something scarlet in the menu
- 8: No sherbet is suggested for this luncheon
- 9: Especially a Japanese luncheon
- 10: And if your doilies are of lace they
- 11: The chicken mousse is a cold dish
- 12: Menu grape fruit with brandied cherries
- 13: The sherbet course is exceedingly pretty
- 14: A Lenten luncheon gives opportunity for a meal without meat
- 15: Halibut timbales with lobster sauce
- 16: Or else a brick of the pistache with a centre of lemon ice
- 17: Sweetbreads in aspic with white mayonnaise
- 18: Patties of sweetbreads and mushrooms
- 19: A SHAKESPEARIAN LUNCHEONBy a curious coincidence
- 20: Instead of the mousse serve creme Gervaise
- 21: The trailing arbutus of our Northern States
- 22: The bonbons used might be tiny candy apples
- 23: Which may be placed before the sherbet
- 24: The souvenirs may be small Delft plaques
- 25: And the frappe be replaced by hot coffee
- 26: Individual strawberry shortcakes
- 27: A PEONY LUNCHEON Illustration is certainly novel
- 28: Serve lemonade coloured with raspberry juice
- 29: Or the deck can be heaped with bonbons
- 30: Which are simply croquettes moulded into cutlet form
- 31: If it is desired that the sherbet should be darker
- 32: The mousse may be flavoured with pistache
- 33: There is no sherbet in this menu
- 34: Haggis is usually rather a formidable dish to undertake
- 35: The spaghetti is prepared exactly as when cooked with cheese
- 36: Search the magazines for bicycle advertisements
- 37: The maple parfait is one of the most delicious of desserts
- 38: The croquettes and sherbet may be omitted
- 39: Sprinkling with French dressing and serving with mayonnaise
- 40: With paper shades of chrysanthemums
- 41: Here is a Spanish menu MENU ORANGES
- 42: And the centrepiece may be a birch bark canoe
- 43: French vanilla ice cream with maple sauce
- 44: And a card with a picture of a golfer with his sticks
- 45: Illustration The whitebait is a peculiarly delicious fish
- 46: The mousse is simply whipped cream which has been sweetened