Contents



Foreword

Note to the Reader


Part One — Simple Food for Simple People


1. How & Why I Came to Write about Food & Cookery

2. The Work of Cooking: Need It Be Drudgery?

3. To Cook or Not to Cook: Raw Versus Cooked Food

4. To Kill or Not to Kill: Flesh Foods Versus Plants

5. Complicate or Simplify: Processed Versus Fresh Foods


Part Two — Preparing the Good Food


6. On Recipes in General

7. Break Fast with Breakfast?

8. Soups & Soups & Soups

9. Salads for Health

10. Vegetables for Vigor

11. Herbs & Other Seasonings

12. Leftovers & Casseroles

13. Baked Goods & Over-Starching

14. Desserts & Other Delicious Delights

15. Water & Other Beverages

16. Storing & Preserving the Good Food