FOR THE SICK

AND

CONVALESCENT

BY

FANNIE MERRITT FARMER

PRINCIPAL OF MISS FARMER'S SCHOOL OF COOKERY

AND AUTHOR OF

THE BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL COOK BOOK
"A NEW BOOK OF COOKERY," AND

"CHAFING-DISH POSSIBILITIES"

REVISED, WITH ADDITIONS

BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

ΤΟ

MY MOTHER

WHOSE DEVOTION TO DUTY HAS INSPIRED ME TO

MY BEST WORK

This Book is Lovingly Medicated

"Invalid Cookery should form the basis of every trained nurse's education."

A good sick cook will save the digestion half its work.

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

The careful preparation of food is now recognized to be of vital importance to an invalid, and a valuable assistance, in many cases, to the physician, in hastening the recovery of a patient.

HELENA V. SACHSE