Informal essays on food designed to stimulate interest in fine cooking and appetite for fine eating, Exact recipes for the dishes mentioned follow each essay, recipes which have been worked out to the least detail and in the most practical way for professional, amateur or novice cook. Includes an Index.

(Key Words: Recipes, Cookbooks, Food, Hune Platt, Tarts, Rice, Pies, Lamb, Pate, Jam, Fritters, Corn, Bread, Apples).