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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13666, 8 August 1906, Page 3

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management."—London: Ward, Look, and Co. (Ltd.), Dunedin: J. Eraittwafto.

It carnrot bo seriously disputed that much of the sickness which invados the overage household in attributable to bad cooking, ft is equally i-tirtain th.it much of tho direontont manifests itsolf in family quarrc's. and HOmelimo"' loads to lifelong estrangements between husband and rife in the humble walks of life, is due to ignorance of the correct methods of proparing food for Win table. The soup is greasy; the meat is overdone, or. less frequently pc-rhann, it is not surnViontly cooked—it. is not done to ilia " turn," when ft combines most completely the qualities of polafublencss find mitriiinusncs<s; the vegetables are hard; tho pudding is douijh! And a.'l tho ill-temper, which is canned by tho glaring inability of the housewife to cook a meal, might be avoided by an intelligent perusal of tho recipes that are so abundontly obtainable. For ccokory books are numerous and cookroy books are cheap. But the acknowledged authority on all questions relating to the cu'iiary nri is "Mrs Beeton's-." It is thp rtund-ird work;—"the classic, if such a term may bo employed. For nearly half a century it. bos he'd its own as the cookery book par excellence in English-speaking communities. A. new edition oi it has now been issued, with twice tho number of pages that were corctemed in the original publication. r, f which it is four times the size. Fresh features have (Contributed largely to the increase in the bulk of the work, but the old features havo beer considovab'y enlarged. More than 2000 new cookery recipes, it is int«es'ing to notice ore given, and valuable chapters are those which dral with trussing, carving, colonial and foreign cookery, vegetarian cookery, and th 3 ehaping dish and casserole cookery. " Mrs Beoton," however, needs no on'ogy: tho 2000 odd r/ages of her book, with the excellent plates that are scattered through them, constitute their own sufficient recommendation.