Salads, Sandwiches
and
Chafing-Dish Dainties
Salads, Sandwiches
and
Chafing-Dish Dainties
With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes
By
Janet McKenzie Hill
Author of "Practical Cooking and Serving"
WITH ADDITIONAL RECIPES
| "Things which in hungry mortals' eyes find favor." |
| Byron |
Boston
Little, Brown, and Company
1909
By Janet M. Hill.
Printers
S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U. S. A.
Mrs. William B. Sewall,
President of the Boston Cooking=School Corporation,
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE OPPORTUNITY
PRESENTED BY HER FOR CONGENIAL WORK IN A
CHOSEN FIELD OF EFFORT, THIS LITTLE BOOK
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
By the Author.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
The favor with which the first edition of this little book has beenreceived by those who were interested in the subjects of which ittreats, is eminently gratifying to both author and publishers. It hasoccasioned the purpose to make a second edition of the book, even morecomplete and helpful than the first.
In making the revision, wherever the text has suggested a new thoughtthat thought has been inserted; under the various headings new recipeshave been added, each in its proper place, and the number ofillustrations has been increased from thirty-seven to fifty. A morecomplete table of contents has been presented, and also a list of theillustrations; the alphabetical index has been revised and madeespecially full and complete.
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
There is positive need of more widespread knowledge of the principles ofcookery. Few women know how to cook an egg or boil a potato properly,and the making of the perfect loaf of bread has long been assigned aplace among the "lost arts."
By many women cooking is considered, at best, a homely art,—a necessarykind of drudgery; and the composition, if