摘要
This paper examines the food references in David Hume＇s writings--most notably the correspondence, the essays, and his historical narrative. It is in the latter that we find his culinary interests exhibited in a fair amount of detail----outlining a historiography of food. In fact, people discover a ＂subtext＂ of the history of food in Hume＇s general history of England. Discussed foodstuffs as raw （economic） commodities, food as it is prepared and brought to the table, and as part of a social ritual of manners. All these facets of food practices interested Hume throughout his life （1711-1776） and in his history of the British Isles （ca. 55 BCE to 1688）.
