Author : Elizabeth A. Monaghan
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 026797924X
What to Eat and How to Prepare It (Classic Reprint) by Elizabeth A. Monaghan Pdf
Excerpt from What to Eat and How to Prepare It This little book places such knowledge within the easy grasp of every reader with a clearness which is simplicity itself. Miss Monaghan has given not only a clear vision on the subject of food and what is food; she has taught how to select, combine and prepare it. She has told not only what to do but with equal deftness how to do it. Her book should be an inspiration to every housewife. It would be well if every mother in the land could have a copy and live thereby. Forty years ago there was less imperative need for such knowledge. Natural foods were easier to ob tain. We thrived on these natural foods without knowing why, nor needing to know. Throughout a long and very active practice I have seen and noted the results of both the old and new methods of living. Malnutrition with its consequent evils has kept steady pace with the refinement of foods. Today with our splendid knowledge of sanitation and the prevention of contagious diseases (knowl edge which was not ours in the early days), we are threatened with an evil which is more deadly because it is stealthy. It does not strike us down and rouse us to fight it. It robs us a little at a time, leaving us easy prey to every ill. Thus we lose sight of the cause. Malnutrition has many phases. Food refinement began innocently enough. It has been carried too far. Food deficiency disease. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.