The sale of three editions of the Gastronomic Regenerator in less than
nine months, is so gratifying to my feelings, that I should be wanting
in courtesy, were I not publicly to express, at this present moment, how
grateful I am for the very flattering testimonials I have been honoured
with by the press, through whom I have received such great encouragement
from the public, who so handsomely repaid the laborious work which I
have devoted to the gastronomic art.
In this the Fourth Edition, I have increased and improved the receipts,
and corrected those errors which unavoidably occur in so voluminous a
work.
The first improvement is a most essential one, being an abbreviated
table of contents, referring from number to number or article to
article, and giving in a few pages the translation of every comestible,
which will much facilitate the making of bills of fare.
The second and still more important improvement is my new Tendon
Separator, demonstrated by a scientific woodcut, with full explanations
of its valuable use in preparing poultry and game for the table.
I have added several new receipts, communicated by amateurs, which are
not deficient in good taste.
There will likewise be found a correct engraving of my Bouquet de
Gibier, which met with so much success in London and Paris last
Christmas, and offers to noblemen and gentlemen a new and pleasing mode
of making presents of game.
The one I presented to His Majesty Louis Philippe, with a copy of this
work, met with the highest approbation from the court of France, and was
most handsomely acknowledged by his Majesty.
I now most humbly return thanks to the public for their kind
encouragement, and trust that the success I have hitherto had may still
be continued.