15 AUGUST 1941, Page 20

A LARGE proportion of Mr. Heath's recipes are of the

kind that ask for "half a pound of lump sugar, a quarter of a pound of butter and a quarter of a pint of cream" and the directions to add a table spoon of lemon juice to this or that, and to cut a pound or gravy beef into small pieces, are merely tantalising. However, the author expressly disclaims that this is a book designed specially for war-time, and, with this limitation in mind, the book is very good indeed, especially those sections of it devoted to soups and vegetables.