Sauces

The pleasure you would like to give to the friends you have invited during these few hours is nowadays imperiled even before it starts by certain unfortunate customs that are being introduced and threaten to become widespread. I am referring to the so-called “digestion visit,” to be made within eight days of the meal, and to the tips distributed to the domestics for the meal served. When you have to pay for dinner, it seems best to pay a restaurateur since that way you incur no obligation to anyone. And that bothersome second visit, which is made within a set period of time, like an obligatory rhyme, and does not issue unbidden from a sincere heart, is downright silly.