This Dictionary has been written with the view of providing a thoroughly practical and reliable
hand-book to all classes of cookery. The recipes are the result of practical knowledge and
precise directions have in every instance been given. The difficulty of readily finding the
particular recipe required I have minimised as far as possible in the present work by the
addition at the end of the volume of an index of all the recipes arranged under the
different courses. The recipes themselves are in alphabetical order. The question of time
required for cooking each particular dish is one to which particular attention has been given.
I have indicated as nearly as possible the exact number of minutes required and in the case
of baking whether the time given applies to a quick or a slow oven. [...] In total the reader
will find 1 200 tested recipes in this wonderful reprint of 1898.
