The Metropolitan Cook Book

A life insurance company teaching its policyholders to eat: the Metropolitan's own cookbook, given away from the tower on Madison Square.

The Book

3 recipes in this part of The Metropolitan Cook Book.

Foreword

RIGHT living is largely dependent on healthful eating. It is sometimes difficult to feed the family nourishing food and at the same time…

The Food We Eat

PROPER FEEDING means more than having enough foodit means the right kind of food. To be well nourished we need a balanced diet. There…

Table of Measures and Weights

equals 1 pound 4 cups flour (pastry).. 66 66 1 2 cups granulated sugar. 66 " 1 " 1 2 cups powdered sugar. 66 66 1 3½ cups confectioners'…

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