The following receipts have been collected from the members of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union and their friends, and have all been used and are recommended by them. The names of contributors have been given, as far as they would allow. Receipts from other cook-books have been acknowledged, as far as known, but nearly all have been so changed by persons using them as to be practically new receipts. The book contains many receipts that have long been in use in families, and hints about cooking common things which it is believed will be found useful by cooks and housekeepers.