Title -- Contents -- Biographical Sketch -- Aphorisms of the Professor -- Biography -- Preface -- PART FIRST -- Meditation I The Senses -- Meditation II Taste -- Meditation III Gastronomy -- Meditation IV Appetite -- Meditation V Food in Germs -- Meditation VI Food in Germs -- Meditation VII Theory of Frying -- Meditation VIII On Thirst -- Meditation IX On Drinks -- Meditation X An Episode on the End of the World -- Meditation XI On Gourmandise -- Meditation XII Gourmands -- Meditation XIII Gastronomical Tests -- Meditation XIV On the Pleasures of the Table -- Meditation XV Haltes De Chasse -- Meditation XVI On Digestion -- Meditation XVII Repose -- Meditation XVIII Sleep -- Meditation XIX Dreams -- Meditation XX Influence of Diet on Rest, Sleep and Dreams -- Meditation XXI Obesity -- Meditation XXII Preservative Treatment and Cure of Obesity -- Meditation XXIII Thinness -- Meditation XXIV Fasting -- Meditation XXV Exhaustion -- Meditation XXVI Death -- Meditation XXVII Philosophical History of the Kitchen -- Meditation XXVIII Restaurateurs -- PART SECOND -- Varieties -- I L'omelette Du Cure -- II A National Victory -- III Mystification of the Professor and Defeat of a General -- IV The Snare -- V The Turbot -- VI Pheasants -- VII Gastronomical Industry of the Emigres -- VIII Recollections of the Emigration -- Miscellany -- Conclusion -- Endnotes.