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THE ll!J XICOLOGIST.
THE COOK IS KING.
We m ay live w ithout poe try, music, nd a rt ;
We m ay live witho ut conscie n ce, we m ay li ve without h ea rt;
We may l'li ve witho ut fri e nd s , we may live w ithout b ook s,
But civili zed man can not li ve withou t cooks.
\Ve m ay li ve without books; w h a t is knowledge but g ri eving ?
We may live without hope; wh a t is h o p e b Ut d ece i,·ing?
\V e may live witho ut love ; wh a t is p assion b ut pini n g?
But where is the man t hat can li ve w ithout di ning?
L UC IL LE -OWEN MEREDITH.
COFFEE THAT IS GOOD.
To make good coffee is apparently not so simple
as it may seem, if general results count for any–
thing. The coffee served at some of the b est
restaurants testifies to this, and even the home–
made morning cup of coffee is seldom p erfectly
satisfactory. A writer in the London Lancet de–
plores the fact that a good cup of coffee is so sel–
dom found, and declares that there should be no
difficulty in making it, and recommends that the
simplest way is the best. There is no better
stimulant in the morning than a delicious cup of
coffee, and there is no better way of preparing it
than according to the following recipe: Do n
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