This early work is a fascinating read on healthy, vegetarian eating and is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of vegetarians and cookery enthusiasts alike. Discursive essays on aspects of healthy eating are followed by hundreds of recipes. Part I - The Case for Food Reform; Is Food Reform Economical?; The Meat Idol; Humane and Aesthetic Considerations; The Food Reformer's Catechism; Vitamins; Simple Remedial Balanced Meals; Salads: Their Uses, and How to Prepare Them; Vegetable Cookery; Bread and Food Reform; Food Frauds; Simple Rules of Health; Part II - Recipes - Salads; Bread, Gems, Rolls; Soups and Stews; Vegetables; Casserole Cookery; Hay Box Cookery; Savouries, Entrees, Etc.; Nutmeats, Roasts, Etc.; Rissoles, Cutlets, Etc.; Cold Dishes; Tinned Nutmeats and Savouries; Omelettes and Souffles; Sauces and Gravies; Sweets, Puddings, Etc.; Sweet Sauces; Cakes, Scones, Etc.; General Hints on Cookery; When and What to Drink; Daily Menus for a Fortnight; Christmas Menus; and Index to all Recipes. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.