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THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC COOKERY

Administrator — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:54:40 +0000

It is not enough that good and proper food material be provided; it must have such preparation as will increase and not diminish its alimentary value. The unwholesomeness of food is quite as often due to bad cookery as to improper selection of material. Proper cookery renders good food material more digestible. When scientifically done, [...]

IMPORTANCE OF FOOD ELEMENTS

Administrator — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:49:35 +0000

The purposes of food are to promote growth, to supply force and heat, and to furnish material to repair the waste which is constantly taking place in the body. Every breath, every thought, every motion, wears out some portion of the delicate and wonderful house in which we live. Various vital processes remove these worn [...]

CEREALS AND THEIR PREPARATION

Administrator — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:12:34 +0000

Cereal is the name given to those seeds used as food (wheat, rye, oats, barley, corn, rice, etc.), which are produced by plants belonging to the vast order known as the grass family. They are used for food both in the unground state and in various forms of mill products. The grains are pre-eminently nutritious, [...]