Belgian relief cook book

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Foreword

This little book, which mingles the recipes of to-day with the rec¬ ipes of our great-grandmothers, never before revealed, is sent forth with the earnest hope that it may bring happiness to many American homes and earn the wherewithal to feed the starving householders of Belgium.

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“We may live without poetry, music and art;

We may live without conscience and live without heart;

We may live zvithout friends, zve may live without books,

But civilised man cannot live without cooks.

He may live without books,— what is knowledge but grieving? He may live without hope—what is hope but deceiving?

He may live zvithout love,—what is passion but pining?

But where is the man that can live without dining?”

Owen Meredith.

Philadelphia, April 27, 1915.

To the Ladies of the Belgian Relief Committee,

Reading, Pennsylvania:

I cannot tell you how much I admire your ingeniosity in finding ways of raising money in behalf of the Belgian Sufferers. This time, it takes the form of a Cook Book—that is to say of a dissertation on an art which the Great Homer himself has celebrated in verse.

For those who, like myself, have had the privilege of tasting the delicious pastry made at the “Belgian Relief Cake and Pie Shop” of Reading, there can be no doubt as to the ex¬ cellence of the receipts published in this book. I am confident, therefore, that it will enjoy the popularity it deserves, and that my coun¬ trymen will be materially benefited thereby.

Thanking you again for your unabating in¬ terest in the cause of my people, I remain,

Very Sincerely Yours,

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