Mrs. Marvin's cook book...

Preface

The scope of this book is to eliminate experimentation, and to give every housekeeper a complete cook book of receipts not too expensive for the average home.

Every receipt has been tested by the Author in her own home, and each has proved a success: more — many have become favorites not only in this one home, but also among a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

It is a fact that the majority of people do not wish to make cakes that call for six or eight eggs each ; these, and all rules of like extravagance, have found no place in this book.

Wholesome and nutritious foods, with an occasional luxury, form a pleasing variety, acceptable to every family. — The Author.

Receipt. A formula or prescription for the making of something, or the production of some effect; distinguished from recipe by the common restriction of that word to medical or related uses: as, a receipt for a pudding.

Recipe. A formula for the compounding of a remedy, with directions for its use, written by a physician ; a medical prescription.

2. A prescribed formula in general, but especially one having some relation or resemblance to a medical prescription. — The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia.