The Cook opens with Conrad, nearly seven feet tall, gaunt, and dressed all in black, arriving on his bicycle in the town of Cobb. He quickly secures a job as co

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Excerpt from The Twentieth Century Cook Book In these days of extreme luxury, one would imagine that diners-out required only faith in the resources of a hostes

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Excerpt from Twentieth Century Cook Book One pint water in which potatoes have been boiled, one table spoon lard, two tablespoons molasses, one tablespoon salt.