REVIEW

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2268, 31 October 1889, Page 2

REVIEW

Practical Household Recipes with ohapteri on guiduu luatwetft'juc tiud legal memo* randa adopted to or>louial requirements, oolleeted and edited by an old ooloaWt* Ohristoharch Whlteombo and Tombs Ld., Auckland Patorson and Cob, Dunedin Wiuo Ooffia aud Co.

This Is a neatly-bound, well-printed and m evory way admirably got-Hp little book, which dees greet orudit to the publishers ; and the contents are suoh as should ieoouameud it 10 a very large number of purohusevu, being woll worth the modeit half-orown v/hloh iv th;> prloa of the publication.

Under the heading "Tasty Dishes for Colonial Homos," wo fine! admirable reolpuß for Biiuoen, idutredi . and,' made diahes, saUds, puddings and sweets, oakea, jiHiea, food for lnvalidß^aTlo instructions for cooking fish, flash, fowl and vegetables, particular mention bulncj made of various descriptions of New Zealand fish and game ; a olroumotanoe which gives a apeoial vaiuo to this part of the work. Then there are practical directions' (with Illustrations) for the ue»t and proper dls* aeoiion of ibe various joints, of poultry and other game, under the beading " Curving made Eusy," inatruotlbna for preserving and pickling and for the preparfetiou of aimpb bovurao-eii. Next tidllowa a perfect vade mzdeum for the housekeeper, under the head of houeehold hints, and next prescriptions fur the treatment of common ailments. Then there is a obapter on poisons and tbelt antidotes, and a host of miscellaneous wrinkles and receipts of is 'useful sort* Then oomes a very well oom piled guide to gsrdon management (oompUed from Morphv's Handbook of New Zealand Gardoaiof), vury olear and Intelligible legal momotreiniiia, and a aqeiut table of " facts worth knowing." An index enables any p«rt of the contents to be readily referred to. This little work ia altogether n most exoellen tone,, and testimony to ita reliability is aho f it incoming. For example Dt J. H. Townend writes of that part which deals with "Everyday allmenti and how to deal wlti them, that

"it oonialna many valuable hints and

[ will be a great boon to any household/ and Mr James Freeman, pastrycook and oonfeationer, laya— " ThOßa parts of tha bjok lv which lam Iramodiately lntbrested, namely,, those relating to the prep»ratlou of tasty dishes, etc, appatv to ma to have been oomp lad with great oare and knowledge of the subject." We oan tfafelf advise our readers to procure a oopy.