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PREFACE
In many respects the cooking of a country is directly indicative of the
character of its inhabitants. Often, the disposition of a person, or of a
nation, can be traced back with considerable certitude to the kind of food which
has been habitually eaten for long periods. At any rate, there is always a
certain correspondence to be noted between the general
characteristics--physical, mental and spiritual (as we say for want of a better
word)--and the foods, or the special methods of cooking of each individual,
geographical section, nationality and racial group. This is a peculiarly
fascinating line of thought, too much so, in fact, to be more than hinted at
here; for anything even remotely approaching an adequate consideration of it
would be out of all proportion to the space at our command for these few
preliminary words. It must suffice, then, to say merely that the Orient, like
the French Nation, presents unmistakable evidence of this great truth.
But, in addition to this law of individual and distinctive variation in the
matter of cooking, as
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