Possible Clues:

• Some cad in Edgware supped in style
• Enjoyed a meal
• Indulged in style
• Patronized Emeril's, say
• Ate in study I’d set up
• Had a little lamb, say
• “Fate cannot harm me, — I have ____ to-day” (Sydney Smith)
• Ate better than a fat rat
• Row before editor had a meal
• Ate some shortbread in Edinburgh