The Book of a Thousand Menus

A thousand menus for 1927 — sixty-seven weeks of breakfasts, lunches and dinners, reckoned to the calorie and the vitamin.

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Balanced Meatless Menus—Summer

6 pages

Balanced Meatless Menus—Winter

6 pages

Balanced Menus with Meat—Summer

6 pages

Balanced Menus with Meat—Winter

6 pages

Meatless Menus for Gaining Weight—Summer

6 pages

Meatless Menus for Gaining Weight—Winter

6 pages

Menus for Gaining Weight with Meat—Summer

6 pages

Menus for Gaining Weight with Meat—Winter

6 pages

Meatless Menus for Reducing—Summer

6 pages

Meatless Menus for Reducing—Winter

6 pages

Menus with Meat for Reducing—Summer

6 pages

Menus with Meat for Reducing—Winter

6 pages

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Balanced Meatless Menus—Winter: Week Five

Salad: Lettuce hearts and pimento strips, melted butter dressing

Meatless, for Reducing—Summer: Week Three

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Easter Sunday

Salad: Lettuce hearts, celery, sliced cooked carrots, mayonnaise dressing

Meatless, for Reducing—Winter: Week Four

Bran flakes with milk (no sugar)

With Meat, to Gain Weight—Summer: Week Three

Salad: Lettuce and tomato, French dressing

Pineapple Cream Dessert

Boil the rice slowly in slightly salted water, until tender; place in a colander and let cold water run over the rice until the…

The Sunday Notes

Sackman closes nearly every week with a note written, she says, with health in mind. All of them, together, are the argument of the book.

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