Project Gutenberg 2020-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 217 Colcord, Anna L. (Anna Letitia) 1864 1950 Colcord, Anna Letitia A friend in the kitchen : $b or, What to cook and how to cook it Sixteenth edition E-text prepared by Brian Wilson, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "A Friend in the Kitchen; Or, What to Cook and How to Cook It" by Anna L. Colcord is a practical cookbook written in the late 19th century. This guide aims to provide readers with a comprehensive collection of about 400 recipes, along with plain directions for healthful cookery, proper food combinations, and nutritional advice, making it an essential resource for families looking to improve their culinary skills. The opening of the book sets the tone by emphasizing the importance of healthful cooking in everyday life. Colcord discusses the relationship between the type of food one consumes and overall physical and moral well-being, advocating for simple, wholesome dishes over overly elaborate meals. The author expresses a sincere goal of assisting housewives in making informed decisions about their cooking, ensuring that they can prepare nourishing and delicious meals for their families. Additionally, she stresses the necessity of teaching younger generations the art of good cooking, preparing readers for the various recipes and health considerations that follow in this volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Vegetarian cooking TX Text Category: Cooking & Drinking Category: How To ... Category: Nutrition 304765 2025-07-24T10:38:18.177661 text/html 280548 2024-10-17T16:34:34 text/html 1162923 2025-07-24T10:38:26.851664 application/epub+zip 1155079 2025-07-24T10:38:19.742615 application/epub+zip 173598 2025-07-24T10:38:18.989640 application/epub+zip 1260223 2025-07-24T10:38:31.807570 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1230033 2025-07-24T10:38:26.001618 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256161 2022-09-27T18:33:05.308670 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255922 2025-07-24T10:38:17.074628 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 235954 2024-10-17T16:34:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16461 2025-07-24T10:38:31.966600 application/rdf+xml 18709 2025-07-24T10:38:19.101662 image/jpeg 2772 2025-07-24T10:38:19.044652 image/jpeg 1038105 2025-07-24T10:38:18.320646 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia