The Epicure's Almanack; or, Calendar of Good Living, was a guide to eating establishments in London, written by Ralph Rylance and published by Longman in 1815.
The book was republished by the British Library in 2013, with extensive commentary by Janet Ing Freeman.
[3] It was advertised as being modelled on the Almanach des Gourmands, published in Paris between 1803 and 1812, but the claim seems untrue.
In fact, it was pulled together from the notes of Rylance and collaborators as they visited a number of London establishments.
The book is organized into a main body and three shorter appendices: In the appendices, it is apparent that Ryler's interest is not merely to describe London's eating places, but to improve the quality of British cuisine.