The book introduces readers to the rules of noble etiquette of Pushkin's time and the culture of the feast of the first third of the 19th century. It tells about the gastronomic predilections of the Russian aristocracy. The book includes documentary sources and materials from periodicals and etiquette manuals of the last century. One of the main achievements of Russian culture of the 18th century was the creation of new stable forms of social order of behavior. The Russian aristocracy was the legislator of new rules of conduct in society, combining old Russian traditions and European norms.