This vintage volume contains a comprehensive guide to economic home cookery, with information on preserving fruit and vegetables, cooking, canning, curing, making preserves, pickling, and much more. Written in clear, plain language and full of handy tips and invaluable information, this book constitutes a fantastic resource for those with an interest in food preservation, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of related literature. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on preserving food.