The dodine is one of the oldest dishes in the repertory of French cooking, being mentioned in books of the fourteenth century—Le Grand Cuisinier de toute duisine, published about 1350, and many others. Maître Escoffier has given us an excellent modern version of the dodine, which is very delicious and quite easy to make. For the benefit of those of my readers who read French, I give, besides the modern version, the quaint original recipe in old French