Formerly professional caterer of the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, Astor House, New York, and other leading hotels. Author of "Salads and Sauces," "Valuable Cooking Recipes," etc. EIGHTH EDITION NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1884 By WHITE, STOKES, & ALLEN....

Soups, like salads, present an excellent opportunity for the cook to display good taste and judgment. The great difficulty lies in selecting the most appropriate soup for each particular occasion; it would be well to first select your bill of fare, after which decide upon the soup. The season, and force of circumstances, may compel you to decide upon a heavy fish, such as salmon, trout, or other oleaginous fishes, and heavy joints and entrées. Under these circumstances it must necessarily follow

By Thomas J. Murrey , Formerly professional caterer of the Astor House, New York; Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, and other leading hotels. FIFTY SOUPS. Containing much valuable information concerning soups and soup-making, and fifty recipes for soups of all kinds, simple and elaborate. "One of the most charming little cook-books recently published."— Christian Union. FIFTY SALADS. Contains fifty recipes for salads and several for salad-dressings, etc., as well as remarks upon salad-making, sal