THE COLD TABLE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 201, 28 August 1935, Page 2

THE COLD TABLE

UNIQUE COOKERY BOOK. ('old food—really and intentionally cold food—is no longer so difficult of attainment in the home as once it was. Refrigerators abound, and ice, in town ta least, is easier to come by. .Just published is a very knowledgeable book devoted solely to the virtues and variety of the cold table with recipes for the preparation of cold food and drink. Those who for years have enjoyed the many possibilities which lie behind the refrigerator door, will b<> surprised and delighted by the discovery in the book of plenty more. Out of the fullness of experience and ripeness of taste, Miss Helen Simpson presents over live hundred different recipes: Hors d’oeuvres, soups, fish, meats, poultry, game, vegetables, and salads, sweets, fruits, savouries, and adds separate chapters of especial wis dom on sandwiches, on drinks, on cold food in the sickroom and in the nursery. And not the least grace of a tielight fnl and thoroughly useful book is the forword and commentary by Miss Simpson, who has compiled it. Cookery books are plentiful, but “The Cold Table” is unique.