A Calendar of Dinners, With 615 Recipes

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. This practical early-20th-century cookery guide promises 615 recipes and presents itself as a companion for the modern kitchen, especially for young or inexperienced cooks. At its heart is a vigorous promotion of Crisco, introduced as a revolutionary all-vegetable shortening that is purer, more economical, and easier to digest than butter or lard. The book blends persuasive claims about health, flavor, and efficiency with practical advice on meal planning, cooking methods, food selection, carving, timing, and household economy. Its pages range widely through soups, fish, meats, poultry, vegetables, salads, sandwiches, breads, pastries, puddings, and desserts, offering everything from fried fish and croquettes to lobster Newburg, planked salmon, stuffed meats, and savory soups. The baking sections are especially rich, with cakes, gingerbread, shortbread, fruit cakes, layer cakes, and festive specialties. Alongside hearty family fare, the cookbook also champions meatless cooking, showing how beans, bananas, cauliflower, and other simple ingredients can become nourishing, satisfying dishes. The result is a versatile domestic guide for confident, abundant cooking year-round.