AT the present time, when there is such a general demand for meatless recipes, it seems good to offer to the public a Cook Book compiled from recipes by practical cooks who for many years have made a study of meatless dishes.

For more than twenty years there has been an increasing tendency toward the eating of less meat, especially among those who have become interested in the new spiritual movements which lead the mind away from the materialistic view of life. When a change to a meatless diet is contemplated, the average housewife is at a loss to know what to cook. This problem has been satisfactorily solved. Nearly one hundred recipes will be found under "Meat Substitutes and Entrees," the result of the experience of those who have for many years successfully maintained a meatless diet. When properly prepared, these dishes will fully take the place of the meat course. They will be found to be both appetizing and nutritious. After becoming accustomed to this new diet the average person will not willingly return to the old.

In one of the sanitoriums, or rest homes, which have come forth in the development of modern Christian healing, a practically meatless diet has been maintained for several years. Numerous recipes were originated in the course of the work. The demand for these recipes from the guests at the House of Rest in San Jose, California, was the inspiration for a printed Cook Book. In developing the idea numerous sources were drawn upon, for the most part housewives and a number of the California Homes of Truth, in which the art of cooking without meat has long been practiced.

The first idea was to publish a Cook Book to supply the demand among Truth Students, but when the country found it necessary to conserve the food supply and meat substitutes became a necessity at every table in the land, the plan was broadened to include not only Truth students but all who might be interested in a MODERN MEATLESS COOK BOOK. Helpful suggestions to housewives who wish to comply with the requirements of the Conservation Committee concerning the making oi bread without the exclusive use of white flour have also been given.

We thank the friends who have so willingly contributed their choicest recipes for this Cook Book.