From Absinthe to Zest: An Alphabet for Food Lovers
As well as being the author of "The Three Musketeers", Alexandre Dumas was also an enthusiastic gourmand and expert cook. His "Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine", published in 1873, is an encyclopaedic collection of ingredients, recipes and anecdotes, from Absinthe to Zest via cake, frogs' legs, oysters, ...