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The

Vest

Pocket

Vegetable

Book

(Chas.

G.

Moore),

has

done

more

to

popularize

the

cooking

and

serving

of

vege-

tables

in

hotels

and

restaurants

than

any

other

book

ever

published.

It

was

written

with

this

idea.

The

author

took

particular

pains

to

make

this

little

volume

a

classic

and

his

masterpiece,

and

he

succeeded

remarkably

well.

Into

120

pages

he has

condensed

more

information

regarding

the

history,

cultivation,

nutritive

qualities,

and

approved

forms

of

cooking

and

serving vegetables

than

can

be

found

in

any

other

book,

no

matter

how

large;

and

it

has

been

demonstrated

to

be

a

book

without

mistakes.

Recipes

for

soups,

sauces,

garnishings

and

salads

supplement

the

general

recipes.

There

are 78

ways

of

preparing

potatoes,

19

of

mushrooms,

19

of

onions,

15 of

cabbage,

etc.,

27

of

beans,

15

of

rice,

25

of

tomatoes,

and

others

in

number

in

proportion

to

their

importance.

The

vegetables are

given

with

their

English

names

and

the

French

and

German

translations.

The

book

is

indexed,

printed

on

bond

paper.

Price

$1.00

The

Book

of

Sauces,

by

C.

Hermann

Senn,

is

the

newest

of

The

Hotel

Monthly

Handbook

series.

Mr.

Senn

is

the

author

of

the

famous

Twentieth

Century

Cookery

Book,

The

Menu

Book,

Practical

Gastronomy,

and

ten

other

culinary

books

that

have

become

standard

in

Europe,

and

that

have

extensive

sale

in

America.

His

Book

of

Sauces

is

the

most

complete

work

of

the

kind

that

has

ever

been

produced.

It

treats

the

subject

thoroly

from

every

angle

and

covers

all

kinds

of

sauces

for

meat,

poultry,

fish,

and

salad

dishes;

also

sweet

sauces.

This

book

is

adapted

not

alone

for

the

hotel

and

catering

trades,

but

also

for

family

use

the

world

over.

Epicures

will

find

it

invaluable

for

the

suggestions

and

practical

instructions^

together

with

the

culinary

lore

therein

contained.

Book

is

vest

pocket

size,

printed

on

bond

paper

$1.00

Ideas

for

Refreshment

Rooms.

This

book

is

composed

mainly

of

expositions

of

catering

systems,

in

particular,

tea

room,

lunch

room,

department

store,

cafeteria,

school,

industrial

plant,

dining

car,

club,

and

outside.

A

valuable

feature

of

it

is

the

illustrating

of

different

accounting

sys-

tems

and

report

forms

;

also

plans

of

lunch

rooms,

kitchens

and

pantries,

showing

consistent

lay-out.

There

are

more

than

a

hundred

beautiful

half

tone

illustrations

picturing

refreshment

rooms

of

many

kinds,

their

decoration,

and

furnishment.

Complete

sets

of

menus

of

famous

catering

j

establishments

are

presented;

also

a large

number

of

menus

to

fit

the

lunch

room,

cafeteria,

industrial

plant,

or

school.

Thruout

the

book

there

is

a

plea

for

the

bal-

anced

ration

and

right

eating,

the

advocacy

of

plain

foods

simply

prepared

and

appetisingly

served,

the

nutritive

value

given

careful

consideration.

There

is

a

chapter

on

service

a

chapter

on

the

brewing

and

serving

of

tea

and

coffee;

several

pages

devoted

to

pantry

prepared

foods

;

illustra-

tions

of

kitchens,

of

restaurant

checks,

and

of

many

inter-

esting

things,

as

electric

equipment;

questions

of

fuel

economy,

illumination,

and

a

hundred

and

one

clever

ideas

in

the

marketing

of

prepared

foods

in

public

eating

houses.

I

The

book

is

thoroly

indexed

and

cross

indexed

to

assure

quick

finding.

385

pages,

cloth

bound.

Price

$2.00

Hotel

Service

Department

Manual

(R.

L.

Meyer).

A

valuable

set

of

rules

for

employees

of

the

service

depart-

ment,

subdivided

under

the

following

heads

:

Bell

captain,

bell

captain's

clerk,

night

bellman,

day

bellman,

laundry

and

package

delivery

ooy,

page

boys,

elevator

starters,

;

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