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 MENUS FROM HISTORY
Historic Meals and Recipes for Every
Day of the Year
Volume 1

Janet Clarkson

GREENWOOD PRESS
An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Copyright 2009 by Janet Clarkson
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a
review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Clarkson, Janet, 1947–
Menus from history : historic meals and recipes for every day of the year /
Janet Clarkson.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–0–313–34930–0 (hard copy : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–313–34931–7 (ebook)
1. Cookery—History. 2. Dinners and dining—History. 3. Food habits—History. 4. Menus. 5.
Cookery, International. I. Title.
TX645.C534 2009
641.3—dc22 2009011351

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 Contents
Volume 1
Acknowledgments xxiii
Preface xxv
Introduction xxvii
List of Menus Chronologically xxxi
List of Menus by Country xlix
List of Menus by Occasion lxvii
January 1 New Year’s Day Meal, Kosseir, Egypt, 1828 1
January 2 Christening Feast, Cockley Cley, Norfolk, England, 1682 3
January 3 Luxurious Dinner for the King’s Officers, Boston, 5
Massachusetts, 1774
January 4 Second Annual Dinner of the Toronto Board of Trade, 7
Horticultural Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, 1899
January 5 Household of the Marquess of Tweeddale, Yester House, 10
Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland, 1817
January 6 Twelfth Day Dinner and Supper in a Tudor Household, 12
Ingatestone Hall, Essex, England, 1552
January 7 Dinner aboard Steamship SS New York, 1866 14
January 8 Jackson Day Dinner, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC, 1936 16
January 9 Gentleman’s Dinner, Ockenden House, Cuckfield, England, 19
1708/9
January 10 Holland Society Annual Dinner, Hotel Brunswick, 21
New York, 1888
January 11 Dining with the Ras, The Royal Palace, Andracha, 24
Abyssinia (Ethiopia), 1898
January 12 Meals at Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire, England, 1920 26
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January 13 Samuel Pepys Gives Dinner for Friends, London, 28

England, 1663
January 14 Mallard Night Feast, All Souls’ College, Oxford, 30
England, 1901
January 15 Portuguese Luncheon, Café Royal, London, England, 1935 32
January 16 ‘‘Upside-Down’’ Dinner, Royal Automobile Club, 34
London, 1914
January 17 Benjamin Franklin Honored by Typothetæ, Hotel 35
Brunswick, New York, 1895
January 18 Prince Regent of England Entertains the Archduke of 38
Russia, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, England, 1817
January 19 Dinner for 36, Home of Alexandre Dumas, Paris, 1864 43
January 20 Luncheon in Honor of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, 45
Luxembourg Palace, Paris, France, 1919
January 21 Luncheon En Route from London to Bahrain during the 48
Inaugural Flight of the Concorde, 1976
January 22 Dinner for Six Gentlemen, Revere House, Bowdoin Square, 51
Boston, Massachusetts, 1848
January 23 Dinner of Exotic Animals, Hamburg, Germany, 1862 54
January 24 Gourmet Society Eat ‘‘Eskimo Fare,’’ Cavanagh’s, 57
New York, 1937
January 25 Burns Night Supper, Sutherland’s, New York, 1882 59
January 26 Centennial Banquet, Sydney, Australia, Town Hall, 1888 61
January 27 Diet Squad Experiment, New York, 1917 64
January 28 Peter the Great Dines at The King’s Arms, Godalming, 66
Surrey, England, 1698
January 29 Last Meal of the Crown Prince of Austria, Royal Hunting 68
Lodge, Mayerling, Austria, 1889
January 30 Calves Head Club Annual Feast, London, England, 1710 70
January 31 Luncheon at the Variety Club, 35 Dover Street, 72
London, 1952
February 1 Broadway Association Dinner to Celebrate the Dodge 75
Brothers’ Sign, Hotel Astor, New York, 1928
February 2 First Annual Banquet of the Founders and Patriots of 77
America, Hotel Manhattan, New York, 1897
February 3 Postrevolutionary Meal, Havre de Grace, France, 1796 80
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February 4 Dinner for Fox Films, Hotel Australia, Sydney, 82

Australia, 1916
February 5 Debut Dinner at the New York Vegetarian Society’s 84
Vegetarian Restaurant No. 1, New York, 1895
February 6 Dinner with President Thomas Jefferson, The White 85
House, Washington, DC, 1802
February 7 Mormon Ball, Social Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1860 88
February 8 Whale Meat Luncheon, American Museum of Natural 90
History, New York City, 1918
February 9 Archbishop’s Meals, Valencia, Spain, 1568 92
February 10 Tripartite Dinner Meeting, Vorontsov Villa, Yalta, 94
Ukraine, 1945
February 11 ‘‘Gotham’s Costliest Banquet,’’ Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 97
New York, 1899
February 12 Former Slave Attends a Republican Dinner, Lincoln 99
Dinner, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, 1909
February 13 YMCA Father and Son Dinner, Nyack, New York, 1918 101
February 14 Valentine’s Day Dinner, Sherry’s, New York, 1901 104
February 15 Exotic Menu for New York Epicures, The Bank Coffee 107
House, New York, 1823
February 16 Banquet to Honor Neopolitan Princes, Florence, 109
Italy, 1476
February 17 British Royals Dine at Mount Nelson Hotel, Capetown, 111
South Africa, 1947
February 18 French Royal Supper, Château de la Muette, Paris, 1749 113
February 19 Creole Dinner for the New Orleans Press Club, The 116
Atheneum, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1898
February 20 Wartime Luncheon, Stork Club, New York, 1943 118
February 21 Business Dinner, Hotel Lutetia, Boulevarde Rapail, 121
Paris, 1947
February 22 George Washington’s Birthday Celebration, Hotel Cecil, 123
London, 1897
February 23 Coronation Feast of Queen Catherine, Westminster Hall, 125
London, England, 1421
February 24 State Dinner, The White House, Washington, DC, 1999 128
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February 25 Dinner with the British Prime Minister, No. 10, 130
Downing St., London, England, 1983
February 26 German-American Press Honors Prince Henry of 132
Prussia, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, 1902
February 27 Dinner at a ‘‘Gentlemen’s Ordinary,’’ Brown’s Hotel, 134
Washington, DC, 1847
February 28 Banquet in Honor of Ferdinand de Lesseps, Panama, 1886 137
March 1 63rd Annual Dinner of the St. David’s Society, Hotel Savoy, 141
New York, 1898
March 2 Prince Ernest’s Dinner, Germany, 1778 143
March 3 Final Voyage of the HMY Britannia, Karachi, Pakistan, 1997 145
March 4 Irish Revolutionary Veterans Dinner, Central Opera House, 147
East Sixty-Seventh Street, New York, 1894
March 5 Dinner for the Bushmen’s Corps, Adelaide, South 149
Australia, 1900
March 6 Abraham Lincoln’s Inauguration Ball, Patent Office, 151
Washington, DC, 1865
March 7 Dinner for the New York Association of Union Prisoners, 155
Murray Hill Lyceum, New York City, 1895
March 8 Dinner Given by the ‘‘Chinese Delmonico,’’ Lenox Lyceum, 158
New York, 1891
March 9 Inthronization Feast of the Archbishop of Canterbury, The 160
Archbishop’s Palace, Canterbury, England, 1504
March 10 Dinner at Sea, SS New York, 1928 162
March 11 Ironmongers’ Company Dinner, Ironmongers Hall, 164
Fenchurch Street, London, 1687
March 12 Antebellum Riverboat Menu, Robert F. Ward, Mississippi 166
River, 1853
March 13 Dinner at Sea, Tourist Class RMS Majestic, 1928 168
March 14 Dinner at Sea, SS Prince Rupert, 1922 170
March 15 Breakfast on the ‘‘42nd Street Special,’’ Chicago to 172
Los Angeles by Rail, 1933
March 16 Bill of Fare, Virginia Hotel, St. Louis, 1858 174
March 17 St. Patrick’s Day Banquet, The White House, Washington, 177
DC, 1959
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March 18 Dinner for the New King, Alfonso XIII, Royal Palace, 180
Madrid, Spain, 1902
March 19 Luncheon to Celebrate Opening of Sydney Harbour 182
Bridge RMS Maloja, Sydney Harbour, Australia, 1932
March 20 American Maize Banquet, Hotel King of Denmark, 184
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1893
March 21 Dinner for the Rifle Volunteers, Auckland, New 186
Zealand, 1871
March 22 Fine Dining Experience, Verrey’s Restaurant, Regent Street, 188
London, 1899
March 23 Queen’s Guard Dinner, St. James’ Palace, London, 1855 191
March 24 Breakfast at Sea RMS Queen Elizabeth, 1953 193
March 25 Charles Dickens Eats aboard an American Canal Boat, 1842 195
March 26 Grand Dinner Given by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall 197
aboard HMS Ophir, Malta, 1901
March 27 Gay Rugby Dinner, Hotel Lutetia, Paris, 1957 200
March 28 Dinner for the Duke of Orléans, France, 1690 202
March 29 Luncheon Crossing the Equator, SS Orontes, 1937 204
March 30 Dinner in a Harem, Thebes, Egypt, 1851 207
March 31 Tiffin at the Cricket Club, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, 210
Ceylon, 1906
April 1 One-Dollar Lunch, Hotel Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico, 1931 213
April 2 First Dinner, RMS Titanic, 1912 215
April 3 Spelling Reform Dinner, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, 1907 217
April 4 Good Friday Dinner, Tuileries, Paris, France, 1828 220
April 5 State Dinner, The White House, Washington, DC, 1960 221
April 6 Anniversary Luncheon of the Entry of the United States into 224
World War I, Mansion House, London, England, 1918
April 7 Cooking Class Dinner, Cooking Academy, Fourth Avenue, 226
New York, 1865
April 8 Dinner for Peace and Goodwill Mission, SS Abangarez, Puerto 228
Barrios, Guatemala, 1929
April 9 Emperor Wilhelm’s Lunch, Royal Palace, Berlin, 230
Germany, 1909
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April 10 Dinner for President Harry S. Truman, The Gridiron Club, 231
Hotel Statler, Washington, DC, 1948
April 11 Good Friday Wartime Lunch, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, 234
England, 1941
April 12 First Meal in Space, Vostok 1, 1961 237
April 13 Dinner for the Bonapartes, Tuileries Palace, Paris, 238
France, 1811
April 14 Stanley Club Dinner in Honor of Louis Pasteur, Continental 240
Hotel, Paris, 1886
April 15 Week’s Menu for the First Family, The White House, 243
Washington, DC, 1973
April 16 Testimonial Banquet for Boxer Robert Fitzsimmons, Hotel 245
Bartholdi, New York, 1897
April 17 New York Society of Restaurateurs Dinner with ‘‘Diamond 248
Jim’’ Brady, Terrace Garden, New York, 1916
April 18 Confederate Soldier’s Dinner, Army Camp, near Pensacola, 250
Florida, 1861
April 19 Coming-of-Age Party, Wynnstay Hall, Denbighshire, 252
Wales, 1770
April 20 Vicar’s Dinner, East Tuddenham, Norfolk, England, 1796 255
April 21 Banquet of the French Vegetarian Society, Rue St. Honoré, 256
Paris, France, 1881
April 22 State Dinner for King George V and Queen Mary, British 259
Embassy, Paris, France, 1914
April 23 Shakespeare Tercentenary Banquet, Stratford-upon-Avon, 261
England, 1864
April 24 Opening Banquet Woolworth Building, Broadway, 264
New York, 1913
April 25 Japanese Tiffin, Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, Japan, 1907 267
April 26 Royal Wedding Breakfast, Buckingham Palace, London, 269
England, 1923
April 27 Soviet Leaders Luncheon aboard the Train to Portsmouth, 271
England, 1956
April 28 Lunch at Sea, RMS Aquitania, 1921 273
April 29 Dinner for Ottoman Visitors, Mayor’s Residence, Winchester, 276
England, 1851
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April 30 Harvard Club of Boston Dinner, Hotel Somerset, Boston, 278

Massachusetts, 1913
May 1 Elvis Presley’s Wedding, Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas, 1967 281
May 2 Dinner at the Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1900 283
May 3 Dilettante Society Dinner, Grand Hotel, Trafalgar Square, 286
London, England, 1891
May 4 Kosher Banquet, London, England, 1907 289
May 5 ‘‘May Dinner,’’ Simpson’s on the Strand, London, 291
England, 1932
May 6 Breakfast at Sea, SS Prussian, 1875 293
May 7 Officers’ Luncheon, HT Queen Mary, 1940 296
May 8 VE Day Dinner, Simpson’s-in-the-Strand, London, 298
England, 1945
May 9 Dinner at the English Embassy, Aleppo, Syria, 1676 301
May 10 Lewis and Clark Eat with the Nez Perce, Idaho, 1806 303
May 11 Eight-Franc Dinner, Grand Hotel, Boulevarde des Capucins, 304
Paris, France, 1887
May 12 Lunch En Route to the Falkland Islands, RMS Queen 306
Elizabeth 2, 1982
May 13 Dinner for Nobody’s Friends, Hôtel Metropole, London, 308
England, 1891
May 14 President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Daily Fare, The White 311
House, Washington, DC, 1933
May 15 Coronation Banquet for Nicholas II, Kremlin, Russia, 1896 313
May 16 First Academy Awards Banquet, Blossom Room, Roosevelt 314
Hotel, Hollywood, California, 1929
May 17 English Royals Dine in Canada, Chateau Frontenac, 316
Quebec, 1939
May 18 American Banquet in England, Star and Garter, Richmond, 318
England, 1853
May 19 Prison Menu for a Week, Indiana State Prison, 1911 321
May 20 Banquet of Insects, Explorer’s Club, New York, 1992 323
May 21 A Wedding Feast, Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England 1753 325
May 22 Seafood Feast, Squantum Club, East Providence, Rhode 327
Island, 1901
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May 23 Harriman Expedition Dinner, En Route to Seattle, 330

Washington, 1899
May 24 Empire Day Luncheon, Junior Carlton Club, London, 332
England, 1933
May 25 Parliamentary Dinner, Carlton House, London, England, 1816 334
May 26 Royal and Plebeian Supper, Madison Square Garden, 336
New York, 1893
May 27 Dinner for the Norwegian Royals, Elysée Palace, Paris, 340
France, 1908
May 28 Wedding Feast, Milan, Italy, 1368 342
May 29 Sunday Dinner, Hotel Emery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1892 344
May 30 State Dinner, Hall of Facets, the Kremlin, Soviet Union, 1988 347
May 31 French President Lunches aboard a Luxury Train, 349
France, 1925
June 1 Willard Hotel Bill of Fare, Washington, DC, 1860 351
June 2 Coronation Dinner, Westminster Abbey, London, 353
England, 1953
June 3 Meal aboard a Clipper Ship En Route to Melbourne, 357
Australia, 1856
June 4 Medici Wedding Feast, Palazzo Medici, Florence, Italy, 1469 359
June 5 Journalists’ Dinner, Bohemian Club, San Francisco, 361
California, 1889
June 6 Wedding Supper, England, 1699 363
June 7 Dinner of the Three Emperors, Café Anglais, Paris, 365
France, 1867
June 8 Women’s Institute Luncheon, Hotel Windsor, Alliston, Ontario, 367
Canada, 1923
June 9 Banquet for Henry Morton Stanley, Waterloo Rooms, 368
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1890
June 10 Luncheon at Sea, SS Lurline, 1939 371
June 11 Picnic for the English Royals, ‘‘Springwood,’’ Hyde Park, 374
New York, 1939
June 12 After-Concert Dinner, King’s College, Cambridge University, 377
Cambridge, England, 1893
June 13 King Ludwig’s Dinner, Hunting Lodge, the Tirol, 1885 379
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June 14 Telephone Banquet, Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, 381

1916
June 15 Royal Luncheon, Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire, 382
England, 1933
June 16 A Banquet to Nelson Mandela, Pretoria, South Africa, 1999 384
June 17 Lunch with the Emperor of Ethiopia, Ambassador Hotel, Los 386
Angeles, California, 1954
June 18 ‘‘Uncooked Banquet’’ Hotel Hygeia, New York, 1903 388
June 19 Banquet for Queen Catherine, Bishop’s Palace, Paris, 391
France, 1549
June 20 Dinner for the Transatlantic Air-Race Winners, Savoy Hotel, 393
London, England, 1919
June 21 Dinner with Amelia Earhart, Hotel Grand Preanger, 395
Bandung (Bandoeng), Batavia (Indonesia), 1937
June 22 Midwinter Dinner, Winter Quarters, Commonwealth Bay, 397
Adelie Land, Antarctica, 1912
June 23 Yale Reunion Dinner, Bishop’s Colonnade, Savin Rock, West 399
Haven, Connecticut, 1908
June 24 Dinner for Ulysses S. Grant, Nagasaki, Japan, 1879 402
June 25 Dinner on the Eve of the Korean War, Blair House, 405
Washington, DC, 1950
June 26 British Empire Breakfast, North Pole, Dartford, London, 407
England, 1902
June 27 Breakfast at Central Station Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland, 1908 409
June 28 Coronation Dinner for the Poor, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 410
London, England, 1838
June 29 Cornell Students Dine aboard RMS Saxonia, 1924 412
June 30 Her Majesty’s Dinner, Buckingham Palace, London, 414
England, 1841

Volume 2
List of Menus Chronologically xxiii
List of Menus by Country xli
List of Menus by Occasion lix
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July 1 Ottoman Sultan Entertains the French Prince, Constantinople 417

(Istanbul), Turkey, 1868
July 2 Peruvian Presidential Dinner, Lima, Peru, 1906 420
July 3 Dinner for Ottoman Visitors, Reform Club, London, 421
England, 1846
July 4 Independence Day Dinner, Park House, Mt. Clemens, 424
Michigan, 1899
July 5 Firemen’s Dinner, American Exchange Hotel, San Francisco, 426
California, 1856
July 6 Coronation Feast of King Richard III, Westminster Hall, 431
London, England, 1483
July 7 Bicentennial Dinner, The White House, Washington, DC, 1976 433
July 8 Breakfast at Sea, SS Hamburg, 1936 436
July 9 Midnight Supper with Queen Victoria, Guildhall, London, 438
England, 1851
July 10 Officers’ Dinner at Sea, HMS Assistance, near Gibraltar, 1675 440
July 11 Trefa Banquet, Highland House, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1883 442
July 12 Reform Democrats Hold a Crow Banquet, Detroit Opera 444
House, Detroit, Michigan, 1876
July 13 Dinner of the Thirteen Club, Central Restaurant, 446
New York, 1900
July 14 Dinner for the American Ambulance, Lycée Pasteur, 447
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 1916
July 15 Dinner aboard a U.S. Mail Ship, USMS Philadelphia, 1913 449
July 16 Dinner at Sea, SS Lahn, 1900 451
July 17 Dinner on the Mountain, The Aletschhorn, Switzerland, 1859 453
July 18 Picnic for the Mexican President, San Luis Potosi, 454
Mexico, 1921
July 19 Coronation Banquet of King George IV, Westminster Hall, 456
London, England, 1821
July 20 International Meal, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, 1952 458
July 21 Dining in Space, The Moon, 1969 460
July 22 Royal Wedding Breakfast, Buckingham Palace, London, 462
England, 1896
July 23 Luncheon after the Fire, Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco, 464
California, 1906