Excerpt from Culture and Cooking; Or: Art in the KitchenThis is not a cookery book. It makes no attempt to replace a good one it is rather an effort to fill up the gap between you and your household oracle, whether she be one of those exasperating old friends who mad dened our mother with their vagueness, or the newer and better lights of our own generation, the latest and best of all being a lady as well known for her novels as for her works on domestic economy - one more proof, if proof were needed, of the truth I endeavor to set forth -if somewhat tediously forgive me - in this little book that cooking and cultivation are by no means antagonis tic. Who does not remember with afiectionate admira tion Charlotte Bronte taking the eyes out of the pota toes stealthily, for fear of hurting the feelings of her purblind old servant; or Margaret Fuller shelling peas?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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