A compilation of recipes with "easy methods of preparing pleasing food for everyday use and [which has] has purposely eliminated the more elaborate dishes so often found in cook books"; This was undoubtedly informed by the scarcity, and rationing experienced by families during the First World War. Sections include: Beverages, Breads, Cakes and Cake Fillings, Fillings, Candies and Nuts, Dressings, Eggs, Fish, Ice Cream, Jellies and Jams, Meats, Meat Substitutes, Pickles and Relishes, Pies, Puddings, Salads, Sandwiches, Sauces, Soups, and Vegetables. Cloth extremities rubbed and showing edgewear, slightly shaken (binding remains sound). Internally, there is some spotting and hand-written recipes (in pencil) to the endpapers, hand-written recipes to pages 4 and 66, two small white spots to pages 40/41, some age-toning to the pages but text-block remains overwhelmingly clean and unmarked. Overall, good+. Rare in commerce, our offering being the only extant copy available at time of cataloguing. We note that this title corresponds to OCLC #468794305 indicating only but four institutional holdings at time of cataloguing (not housed at Guelph University Archives & Special Collections, Cookbook Collection). This book has been compiled with the hope that is may be an efficient aid to the housewife whether novice or experienced. Tasty food is the keynote to happiness, but the housewife should not devote so much time to her kitchen duties that she is too tired to enjoy the food when it is placed upon the table. With this in mind the author has compiled this book to contain the easy methods of preparing pleasing food for everyday use and has purposely eliminated the more elaborate dishes so often found in cook books