Excerpt from The All-American Cook Book: Being a Collection Chiefly of Recipes of the Favorite Dishes of Famous Americans The object of the all-american Cook Book is to assist, through its sale, the wounded, the unemployed and needy ex-service men, especially those with dependent families. All profits accruing to the publishers from the sale of this book will be under the careful supervision' of a committee of prominent citizens of Chicago, and receipts and expenditures subject to audit. This money will be given from time to time to the needy and dependent families of ex-service men, which are brought to the attention of the committee by the American Legion Association of Cook County, Illinois. It is intended particularly to relieve suffering and distress in a class of cases somewhat overlooked, namely, the destitute families of ex-service men who are in hospitals, but who have not yet received compensation from the Government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.