[Illustration: MRS. M.A. WILSON IN HER OWN WELL-EQUIPPED KITCHEN]




COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY


PRINTED BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.




TO MY FAMILY FOR THEIR UNTIRING EFFORTS IN BEHALF OF THIS BOOK




PREFACE


The influence of well-cooked, palatable food upon the health and
general well-being of the family is as certain as that of changes of
temperature and more serious in its consequences for lasting good or
ill.

The sage old saying "Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you