“Dining is the privilege of civilization. . . . The nation which knows how to dine has learnt the leading lesson of progress.” KnowsNationsLeadershipKnow HowProgressCivilizationLessonsPrivilegeDiningDine Book:Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged Edition Source: Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged Edition
“As in the fine arts, the progress of mankind from barbarism to civilisation is marked by a gradual succession of triumphs over the rude materialities of nature, so in the art of cookery is the progress gradual from the earliest and simplest modes, to those of the most complicated and refined.” ArtProgressMankindFineCivilizationCookingComplicatedTriumphRudeSimplestSuccessionCivilisationRefinedFine ArtsBarbarismCookeryMateriality Book:Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged Edition Source: Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged Edition
