... H ousehold Dishes for the S Here are some suggestions 'which will prove the solution op many a busy woman s problems By A. H.Adair IT is very easy to give advice about cooking to those who have a well- equipped kitchen and plenty of time to devote to the running of their homes, and when the average woman buys cookery books, reads articles, exchanges recipes it is usually to gain new ideas ...

... jhmM Yhan By A. H. ADAIR Hard-boiled eggs. Bechamel sauce. Asparagus tips. Salt, pepper. A little cream. The hard-boiled eggs are shelled, cut in two lengthways and kept hot. While this is being done you can have started the bèchamel. You know, of course, that this is flour and butter cooked smooth and made into a sauce with hot milk and seasoned with nutmeg as well as salt and pepper. Have it ...

... M atis Favourite Steak and Kidney Pudding affectionately called Kate and Sidney is high in masculine esteem. Like other puddings it can be stodgy. It all depends on the suet By A. H. Adair WHENEVER I have to enter tain foreign friends in London I always take them to lunch in a chop house quite near to Piccadilly Circus, and whenever possible, I choose the same meal: it consists of grilled ...

... For House JV ives Only A feature of particular interest to every woman who has a kitchen of her own _ THERE is no end to the uses to which gas can be put. But we don't know enough of them. We think vaguely of gas cookers and geysers and fires, and leave it at that. Actually there are as many clever gas gadgets as there are electrical devices. Just because your house is not supplied with ...

... By ELIZABETH HUGHES HALLETT T The only way to arrive at an average for the housekeeping purse is to keep accounts over a definite period and, by checking up on them, you will find not only what you have spent, but also what you must spend. Certain items in a budget are more or less static, like rent, rates, heat, tele phone. So what you have to watch most closely is food bills. Remember too, ...

... The efficient kitchen is the focal point of a happy home. More kitchens would be more efficient if more housewives knew about current ideas in kitchencraft. Inevitably our knowledge of kitchencraft is wider than that which the average woman can acquire within the radius of her own home. We have special advantages and like sharing them. But since all we know on the subject would fill a book, we ...

... JULIJIU fWtTL J^a/na (t/isjJMld Better Cooking By A. H. Adair AS you travel through a country, the food changes as much as the landscape. Journeying in a leisurely manner from northern to southern France, you keep getting the impression that you have crossed another border. I travelled slowly through France recently on my way to Italy and had another chance of enjoying the changing scenes and ...

... JOINTS IN JU We used to consider June a difficult month for butcher's meat, as most people do not enjoy large joints-- of beef, say-- on a really hot day. Yet you cannot go through the month on small things and poultry, partly because of the expense and partly because you should always aim at variety. Nowadays the problem has been removed by the supplies of that delicious New Zealand lamb, ...

... (f^avouries By A. H. Adair JVhy let those odds and ends of food accumulate reproachfully in the larder when, With a little imagination and ingenuity they can be turned into piquant delicacies f THE perfect savoury gives just that little something extra to a dinner, otherwise short and perhaps not very exciting, which makes all the difference between a commonplace meal and a really good one. ...

... NICE COOE 91U5NKS FOR I NICE HOT HATS Perfect drinks deserve a worthy décor. If taking them in the house or garden, arrange an impromptu bar. Any table the right size will do covered with a gay cloth chosen to blend with your glasses and jugs. Arrange these as you would a dinner table. Don't forget flowers. The glasses should be tidily set out in groups, with a special tray on which you put ...

... By A. H. ADAIR ON this page I am giving a few specimen menus for all meals during the summer, which I thought might serve as a useful guide for those whose business it is to plan meals in advance. I do not mean that all the menus would necessarily appear in the same day, but I think that they give a good idea of the type of meal which is easy to prepare and pleasant to eat during the warmer ...

... By C. E. Hughes Hallett JUST as we are in the midst of our hustle and bustle preparing for the summer vaca tion, the berries for our various jams and jellies seem to ripen and demand attention. With a sigh we pause to think of the long weary time of stirring and boiling and wonder if it is worth while-- yet we are house-proud, and there is something peculiarly pleasing about a beautifully ...