The Century Cook Book

A comprehensive domestic cookery manual presents precise recipes and practical rules for preparing dishes from simple everyday fare to elaborate and ornamental pieces, with time tables, weights and measures, and proportions for baking, boiling, broiling, and roasting. It includes regional contributions, guidance on menu planning, table decorations and etiquette for entertaining, and household economy, hygiene, and system. Instructional front matter explains techniques and principles to aid both inexperienced and trained cooks, while illustrations and clearly stated measurements aim to allow confident, reproducible results without constant supervision.