1899 The Mixicologist by C F Lawlor

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THE MIXICOLOGIST.

THE COOK IS KING.

We may live without poetry, music,and art; We may live without conscience,we may live without heart; We may(dive without friends, we may live without books, But civilized man can not live without cooks. We may live without books;whatis knowledge but grieving? We may live without hope; what is hope but deceiving? We may live without love; what is passion but pining? But where is the man that can live without dining? Lucille-Owen Meredith COFFEE THAT IS GOOD. To make good coffee is apparently not so simple as it may seem, if general results count for any thing. The coffee served at some of the best restaurants testifies to this, and even the home made morning cup of coffee is seldom perfectly satisfactory. A writer in the London Lancet de plores the fact that a good cup of coffee is so sel dom found, and declares that there should be no difficulty in making it, and recommends that the simplest way is the best. There is no better stimulant in the morning than a delicious cup of coffee, and there is no better way of preparing it than according to the following recipe: Do not

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