Bøker av Juliet Corson

This book is intended for the use of those housekeepers and cooks who wish to know how to make the most wholesome and palatable dishes at the least possible cost. In cookery this fact should be remembered above all others; A GOOD COOK NEVER WASTES. It is her pride to make the most of everything in the shape of food entrusted to her care; and her pleasure to serve it in the most appetizing form. In no other way can she prove her excellence; for poor cooks are always wasteful and extravagant. Housekeepers can safely make this book a guide for those of their cooks who are willing to learn new and good methods of cooking familiar foods. Lest it should be said that undue preference is given to foreign ways of cooking, the author begs her readers to remember how much of the success of any dish depends upon its taste; if it is well-flavored, and palatably seasoned, the eaters of it do not closely criticise its component parts. It is just there that benefit is derived from European culinary skill; the judicious use of a few inexpensive sweet herbs, and savory sauces, will raise a side dish, made from the cheapest cut of meat, in gustatory excellence far above a badly cooked porterhouse steak, or a large but poorly flavored roast. Because the art of utilizing every part of food is eminently French, the NEW YORK COOKING SCHOOL plan has been to adapt foreign thrift to home kitchen use. To provide enough at each meal; to cook and serve it so as to invite appetite; to make a handsome and agreeable dish out of the materials which the average cook would give away at the door, or throw among the garbage; all are accomplishments that our American wives and daughters will be glad to learn from their European sisters.

Corson, a noted teacher of cookery and advocate for the poor based her philosophy upon four ideals: Utlizing every part of a food source, thus eliminating waste; Serving several inexpensive dishes rather than one expensive one; Using homegrown herbs and inexpensive spices to embellish dishes; and Using lentils, peas, and macaroni as alternative, inexpensive sources of protein. Corson's philosophy of thrift will resonate with the modern family, while the recipes she provides will also serve the modern family with delicious, inexpensive meal ideas.

Taking as its motto "A Good Cook Never Wastes," Juliet Corson's 1877 work is intended to help home cooks provide wholesome, delicious dishes to their families at the least possible cost.

The lectures printed within this volume were delivered by Juliet Corson, superintendent of the New York School of Cookery, in the Farmers Lecture Course at the College of Agriculture, Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the session of 1884.

While retail prices may have increased since Juliet Corson published her "Twenty-Five Cent Dinners For Families of Six in 1879," what has not changed is the homemaker's interest in creating interesting, economical meals for the family. The recipes provided in this book will provide a modern family with delicious, inexpensive meal ideas.

The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery "", has been considered a very important part of the human history, but is currently not available in printed formats. Hence so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format so that it is never forgotten and always remembered by the present and future generations. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed.

Juliet Corson (1841-1897) was a leader in cookery education in the latter half of the 19th century in the United States. She contributed to a weekly column in the New York Times that ran for five years, 1875-1880. In 1877, to help the poor learn how to cook on tight budgets, she authored and distributed a 33-page booklet Fifteen Cent Dinners for Families of Six, which became quite popular. After 1883, she was actively engaged, with intervals of illness, in writing and in lecturing throughout the United States. In Philadelphia, Montreal, and Oakland, California, her efforts led to the teaching of cookery in the public schools.

While primarily a catalog (profusely illustrated with fine line drawings of stoves and other modern conveniences), this book also contains a plethora of useful information for the housewife of 1884.