Modern Cookery Illustrated
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Foreword: I feel no hesitation in adding one more cookery book to the hundreds already published - for this - unlike most cookery books - is not merely a collection of recipes. It embodies the life experience of one woman who has, from the age of six, felt the fascination of the creative side of cookery. As a small child the kitchen was to me Aladdin's cave, where just ordinary things were turned into wonderful dishes. How well I remember my first attempt at cooking when I was allowed a piece of dough to make a 'Bunny Rabbit'. When Mr. Bunny was ready for the oven he looked sad and grey. But oh! when he emerged from that 'cavern of mystery' with his lovely brown coat and fierce currant eyes. Not one of the most successful dishes I have created since then has given me a greater thrill nor tasted quite so good. English cookery has the reputation of being dull, an accusation I am afraid that is often deserved. Its chief faults are, I think, lack of variety and effective presentation. The proof of the pudding may be in the eating as the proverb affirms, but taste and sight are so closely akin that to appeal a dish must not only taste as good as it looks but look as good as it tastes. Then also the most delectable food becomes monotonous if it be served again and again. The homemaker in many households is inclined to cling tenaciously to certain well-tried dishes. She does not trouble to enlarge her culinary repertoire. It is an excellent plan to try at least one new dish each week and with some two thousand recipes in this book it should be an easy matter. The keynote of this book is economy - the true economy which makes the very best and the most of simple ingredients. Readers, too, will value the specialized sections, for example: - the shopping section will enable the inexperience housekeeper to obtain the best possible value for the smallest outlay; newly-weds and business girls in small flatlets will find just what they require in Catering for Two - the meat section with its excellent and nourishing 'Dishes that make a little meat go a very long way' will be a boom to the mother with a slender purse and a big family, and everyone will welcome the unique 'First Aid' section telling so clearly 'why it went wrong' Cookery is neither dull nor difficult if you study it intelligently. Indeed, it might be argued that Cookery ranks high among the arts. The world may be made up of nations - but nations are made up of individuals - and individuals are happiest and most peace-loving when they are well-nourished and healthy, and so I hope this book will be a small link in the chain that in the hands of our women will help to build a fitter, happier empire.
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