Excerpt from 76: A Cook Book The man who can cook well and economically, and can teach the art, is a benefactor to his kind, and deserves a statue of brass, if not a canonization. The woman who can do it, holds the key of the home citadel. She commands the situation. Her husband rejoices in her, and 'her children, rosy, strong and fair, live, with good digestion, to bless her memory for her good cooking, as well as for her other virtues. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.