Brandy is the alcoholic or spirituous portion of wine, separated from the aqueous part, the colo...

This, the most celebrated of French wines, is the produce chiefly of the province of that name, ...

All those wines called in England clarets are the produce of the country round Bordeaux, or the ...

This was used by colonial Americans in their diet; unfortunately, at present, we cannot find any...

Jellies are not the nourishing food they were at one time considered to be, and many eminent phy...

Melting Lard: Melt the inner fat of the pig, by putting it in a stone jar, and placing this in a...

Punch is a beverage made of various spirituous liquors or wine, hot water, the acid juice of fru...

Common Salt: By this we mean salt used for cooking purposes, which is found in great abundance b...

This was used by colonial Americans in their diet; unfortunately, at present, we cannot find any...

This term is derived from the two French words _vin aigre_, 'sour wine,' and should, therefore, ...