Nutrition and Economics in Cookery Many a book with gilded binding, faultless printing and luxurious illustration has been sold on these merits alone. The casual book buyer is satisfied with this adornment of his library. Not until the absence in the book of food for thought leaves a gnawing mental hunger is the worthlessness of the purchase made evident. In like manner the value of our daily physical food depends upon its nutritive value, its presentation to us in an appetizing form taking a subordinate place. Many of the ills under which our bodies suc-cump in later life are the result of coddling the appetite at the expense of nourishment.
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