New York: Rublished by the author, 1878. — 84 p.
The cheapest kinds of food are sometimes the most wholesome and strengthening; but in order to obtain all their best qualities we must know who to choose them for their freshness, goodness, and suitability to our needs. That done, we mist know how to cook them, so as to make savory and nutririous meals instead of tasteless or sodden messes, the eating whereof sends the man to the liquor shop of consolation.