This fourth volume, deals with salads, sandwiches, cold desserts, cakes, both large and small, puddings, pastry, and pies. Such foods constitute some of the niceties of the diet, but skill in their preparation signifies at once a cooks mastery this science. In Salads and Sandwiches we presented so simply the secrets of appetizing salads that they can be grasped by even a novice, and sandwiches of numerous varieties, from those appropriate for afternoon teas to those suitable for the main dish in the meal, are so treated that they appear to rise above the ordinary place usually accorded them. You will never need to hesitate to prepare a menu for an afternoon or evening social affair or the salad course in a luncheon or dinner after a study of this part of the volume. A glance through Cold and Frozen Desserts will convince you very quickly that a large number of the desserts that complete our meals are served cold. The mere mention of custards, gelatine desserts, and such frozen mixtures as ice creams, ices, frappes, sherbets, mousses, parfaits, and biscuits, all of which are explained here, is sufficient to indicate that this is an extremely delightful part of the subject food preparation. Entertaining takes on a new and simplified meaning when you know how to make and serve such dishes. To be able to make cakes and puddings well is one of the ambitions of the modern cook, and you have an opportunity to realize it in a study of Cakes, Cookies, and Puddings, Parts 1 and 2. Sweet food in excess is undesirable, but in a moderate quantity it is required in each person's diet and may be obtained in this form without harm if it is properly prepared. The two classes of cakes--butter and sponge--are treated in detail both as to the methods of making and the required ingredients, and numerous recipes are given which will enable you to provide both plain and fancy cakes for ordinary and special occasions. Puddings that are prepared by boiling, steaming, and baking, and the sauces that make them appetizing, receive a goodly share of attention. Pastries and Pies completes this volume, rounding out, as it were, the cooks understanding of dessert making. To many persons, pastry making is an intricate matter, but with the principles thoroughly explained and each step clearly illustrated, delicious pies of every variety, as well as puff-paste dainties, may be had with very little effort. CONTENTS SALADS AND SANDWICHES Salads in the Diet, Composition of Salads, Ingredients of Salads, Relation of Salads to Meals, Principles of Salad Making, Serving Salads, Salad Dressings and Their Preparation, Vegetable Salads, Combination Fruit-and-Vegetable Salads, Fruit Salads, High-Protein Salads, General Principles of Sandwich Making, Bread-and-Butter Sandwiches, Vegetable Sandwiches, Fruit Sandwiches, High-Protein Sandwiches, Hot Sandwiches, Open Sandwiches, Canapes, COLD AND FROZEN DESSERTS The Dessert in the Meal, Composition and Food Value of Desserts, Principles of Dessert Making, Sauces and Whipped Cream, Principles of Custard Making, Recipes for Custards and Related Desserts, Principles of Gelatine Making, Recipes for Gelatine Desserts, Principles of Frozen-Dessert Making, Procedure in Freezing Desserts, Ice Creams, Frozen Custards, Ices, Frappes, Sherbets, Mousses, Parfaits, and Biscuits, Molding Frozen Desserts, Serving Frozen Desserts, CAKES, COOKIES, AND PUDDINGS Cake and Pudding Mixtures in the Diet, Ingredients Used in Cakes, General Classes of Cakes, General Equipment for Cake Making, Procedure in Cake Making, Sponge Cakes and Their Preparation, Recipes for Sponge Cake and Its Variations, Butter Cakes and Their Preparation, Recipes for Butter Cakes, Cake Icings and Fillings, Varieties of Small Cakes, Cup and Drop Cakes, Cookies, Kisses and Macaroons, Ladyfingers and Sponge Drops, Cakes Made With Yeast, Cream Puffs and Eclairs, Doughnuts and Crullers, Pudding Sauces, Preparation of Puddings, Recipes for Puddings, PASTRIES AND PIES Nature of Pastries and Pies, Ingredients Used for Pastry, Utensils for Pastry Making, Methods of Mixing Pastry, Making and Baking Pastry for Pies, Utilizing Left-Over Pastry, Recipes for Pastry, Double-Crust Pies, One-Crust Pies, Puff Paste, Serving Pastry

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