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Paul Richards' book of breads, cakes, pastries, ices and sweetmeats

1907

Page 206

Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Whitehead's Cooking Tor Profit: Intended for the small hotel, restaurant and lunch room, and the boarding house. The author, when writing It, puts himself In the position of the man or woman who had "to count the cost" very carefully in all matters of table supply, both meat and pastry; the management of food on hand; also to see that nothing is wasted. 170 pages of this book comprise a diary of the author during eight weeks employed at a small summer hotel; and he tells in language from the heart the trials and trtbu- lations of landlord and cook in providing three meals a day undeE adverse conditions ; as supplies not arriving on time, trouble with the help, with boarders, adverse weather conditions, and the In- genious devices adopted from necessity for storing and preserving meats, vegetables, fruits, and dairy foods. Occasionally the pages are Illumined with broad smiles, as when there has been a lucky haul of fish, or the social parties are successful, or when buslneea la rushing and everybody happy. The author gets dovm to bard pan when he Itemizes how meals are prepared for fourteen, or sixteen, or twenty cents per capita. It is not like reading a cook book; it is more Interesting, more like a faithful portrayal of human nature between the kitchen and Uie dining-room $3 Whitehead's Family Cook Book is composed of recipes contributed to Chicago Herald. Has merit of absolute reliability $1.5D The prices quoted on above books are subject to change without notice. Books sent by mail or express, charges prepaid upon receipt of price. For Sale by JOHN WILLY 443 South Dearborn Street CHICAGO, ILL.