Excerpt from German National Cookery for American Kitchens: A Practical Book of the Art of Cooking as Performed in Germany The progress made in science and industrial meth ods during recent years has especially been the means of introducing manifold innovations in the culinary art, and I have endeavored to place all that has proved to be of real practical value in this direction at the dis posal of the users of this Cook Book. Furthermore, greater 'demands are to-day made upon the cook than formerly. Without any reference to luxury a greater variety of dishes is expected, owing to a general realization that this is conducive to a better nutrition of the bodv and that such variety is often attainable wit-h the simplest material's - Food preparations for invalids have received proper atten tion, and the receipts in this book for dishes for the sick room will prove invaluable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.