""The desire of the average man is to remain in bed until the very last
moment. A hurried breakfast of food long cooked awaits the late riser,
who will not masticate it properly when he finally arrives at the
breakfast-table, and the best of housekeepers is discouraged and
prevented from ever attempting culinary surprises, when they are not to
be appreciated. In this way she is innocently driven into a rut from
which it is difficult to escape when occasions present themselves for
offering novelties. The following recipes and remarks will be found
valuable assistants to those so situated, and will offer many practical
suggestions intended to develop ingenuity and skilfulness in this
much-neglected branch of cookery."" (From Introduction)