... The Best Dishes of Other Coimtries Cucina Italiana Alias Italian Cookery which is both diverse and delicious THERE are other things in Italy besides pictures, monu ments and Grand Opera, and even if you do not travel much, the cinema, Covent Garden and the Medici Galleries can teach us all we want to know about Italian Art. On the other hand, to appreciate fine Italian cookery I am afraid you ...

... o.a O fltotefo, WE all vary in the uses to which we put our extra sugar, but now that jam is plentiful and unrationed, and sweets are short, many may like to use some of the sugar in home made sweets. Some are deterred from sweet-making by the more tricky recipes which involve a thermometer or other means of testing heat. Deli cious sweets, however, can be made with no cooking at all. Fondant, ...

... Save Fuel Casseroles But you will say Casserole cooking is extravagant in fuel, because I need the oven. It certainly does waste fuel if you put the casserole in the oven, unless you have the oven going, anyway. But you can cook casserole dishes on top of the stove with an asbestos mat on the direct heat which must be kept really low. But unless you are sure, don't risk your casserole. Cook ...

... Ch ristmas Cafet eria By A. H. Adair Thinking the other day of how on earth I could seat eight or ten people for Christmas dinner where the dining-table can hold only four at a pinch, I worked out a little plan which may also solve the problem of your party, if you live in a small flat too. Here it is. There is no dining-table, no set places, but everybody has a seat and a table to himself. ...

... Ay L VEGETABLE oil for cooking helps out the fat ration. V Although it is an expensive commodity, a little goes (s\ a long way. It can be used on its own for the ordinary Victoria Cake mixture and short pastry, but I prefer to )v7 use a little fat and a little oil. One can usually reckon y\ two-thirds as much oil as fat would be required. 7/y It is excellent for frying, as it makes a ...

... i ^Jdot (dold divided E Is RAGOUT OF LIVER Allow 1 rasher of bacon per person; cut it into small pieces and fry, remove, and in the same fat fry 4 chopped onions. When golden brown add to the bacon. Slice the liver thinly and fry with ½ lb. of skinned and chopped mushrooms and 4 tomatoes cut into quarters. When ready, add to the bacon and onions in a casserole pour over ½ pint of brown sauce ...

... IJpil ^yvmerican r l- ^oohma MACARONI SANDWICH Bring to the boil 6 pints of salted water with a bouquet of herbs and one onion when boiling add 2 large cupfuls of macaroni and cook until tender. Strain, remove the bouquet and the onion, and put half the macaroni in a fireproof dish. Cover with 1 oz. of margarine shavings, and sprinkle over 2 large tablespoonfuls of grated cheese mixed with ...

... There are only two ways of doing a thing, they tell you early in life, the right way and the wrong way. But, of course, I discovered later in life, they couldn't have meant cookery. Because when you start to cook you realise that in every process there are several right ways of doing a thing, each of which someone or other is always ready to tell you is wrong, and a quite bewildering variety ...

... IT was easy to get in a groove over sweets, hot or cold, specially while ingredients were limited. The sum- mer with fruit and more milk available seems a good time to refresh ideas on cool sweets, as we hope for weather which makes cold meals welcome. When preparing cool sweets in hot weather it is as well to use good measure of gelatine, as it saves the disappointment of tumble-down jel lies ...

... By Harriet Muir Now, more than ever, it is important to eat well, i _vA(Jl We have to see that our menus are healthily Ollf dd.ily diet S-Sl balanced that each day we get enough fuel to keep the body's engine ticking over nicely, and that we also get our daily quota of the vitamins and minerals that maintain it in good repair Menus Breakfast. Stewed figs bacon and fried bread oatcakes and ...

... J^TOLV Vo i3vaA l^eei EXCEPT for very large families, it is an obvious advantage to choose the cheaper cuts for our meat ration and not leave everything to the butcher who will, if he is a wise man, dispose of the prime joints first and to those of his cus tomers who are inexperienced in the art of selecting meat. S The cheaper the cut, the better the cooking needed, but the greater the number ...

... Cheese i Dishes FRITTERS 2, Bring 1 gill of water to the boil with 1 oz. of margarine when the margarine has melted draw aside from the flame and pour in 2 oz. of flour. Stir well until smooth and let cool a little before beating in 1 reconstituted egg and from 1 to S 2 oz. of grated cheese. Drop teaspoonfuls of the mixture into s hot fat and fry. Serve hot, with grated cheese. CHEESE SPREAD s ...