CONTENTS

[ESSENTIALS OF COOKERY]

[The Problem of Food]

[Selection of Food]

[Food Substances]

[Food Value]

[Digestion and Absorption of Food]

[Preparation of Food]

[Methods of Cooking]

[Heat for Cooking]

[Utensils for Cooking]

[Preparing Foods for Cooking]

[Order of Work]

[Table for Cooking Foods]

[Care of Food]

[Menus and Recipes]

[Terms Used in Cookery]

[CEREALS]

[Production, Composition, and Selection]

[Cereals as a Food]

[Preparation of Cereals for the Table]

[Indian Corn, or Maize]

[Wheat]

[Rice]

[Oats]

[Barley]

[Rye, Buckwheat, and Millet]

[Prepared, or Ready-to-Eat, Cereals]

[Serving Cereals]

[Italian Pastes]

[Breakfast Menu]

[BREAD]

[Importance of Bread as Food]

[Ingredients for Bread Making]

[Utensils for Bread Making]

[Bread-Making Processes]

[Making the Dough]

[Care of the Rising Dough]

[Kneading the Dough]

[Shaping the Dough Into Loaves]

[Baking the Bread]

[Scoring Bread]

[Use of the Bread Mixer]

[Serving Bread]

[Bread Recipes]

[Recipes for Rolls, Buns, and Biscuits]

[Toast]

[Left-Over Bread]

[HOT BREADS]

[Hot Breads in the Diet]

[Principal Requirements for Hot Breads]

[Leavening Agents]

[Hot-Bread Utensils and Their Use]

[Preparing the Hot-Bread Mixture]

[Baking the Hot-Bread Mixture]

[Serving Hot Breads]

[Popover Recipes]

[Griddle-Cake Recipes]

[Waffle Recipes]

[Muffin Recipes]

[Corn-Cake Recipes]

[Biscuit Recipes]

[Miscellaneous Hot-Bread Recipes]

[Utilising Left-Over Hot Breads]

[Luncheon Menu]

[INDEX]