ght be as well acquainted with what is extraordinary, as
what is ordinary in this _Art_; as I am truly sensible, that some of
those things that I have set down will amaze a not thorow-paced
_Reader_ in the _Art of Cookery_, as they are Delicates, never till
this time made known to the World.

_Fellow Cooks_, that I might give a testimony to my _Countrey_ of
the _laudableness of our Profession_, that I might encourage young
Undertakers to make a Progress in the _Practice of this Art_, I have
laid open these Experiences, as I was most unwilling to hide my
Talent, but have ever endeavoured to do good to others;
I acknowledge that there hath already been _several Books publisht_,
and amongst the rest some out of the _French_, for ought I could
perceive to very little purpose, _empty and unprofitable Treatises_,
of as little use as some _Niggards Kitchens_, which the _Reader_ in
respect of the confusion of the Method, or barrenness of those
_Authors_ experience, hath rather been puzled then profited by; as
those already extant Authors have trac't but one common beaten Road,
repeating for the main what others have in the same homely manner
done before them: It hath been my task to denote some _new Faculty
or Science_, that others have not yet discovered; this the _Reader_
will quickly discern by those _new Terms of Art_ which he shall meet
withal throughout this _whole Volume_. Some things I have inserted
of _Carving and Sewing_ that I might demonstrate the whole Art. In
the contrivance of these my labours, I have so managed them for the
general good, that those whose Purses cannot reach to the cost of
rich Dishes, I have descended to their meaner Expences, that they
may give, though upon a sudden Treatment, to their Kindred, Friends,
Allies and Acquaintance, a handsome and relishing entertainment in
all seasons of the year, though at some distance from Towns or
Villages. Nor have my serious considerations been wanting amongst
direction for Diet how to order what belongs to the sick, as well as
to those that are in health; and withal my care hath been such, that
in this Book as in a Closet, is contained all such Secrets as relate
to _Preserving_, _Conserving_, _Candying_, _Distilling_, and such
rare varieties as they are most concern'd in the _best husbandring
and huswifering_ of them. Nor is there any Book except that of the
_Queens Closet_, which was so _enricht with Receipts_ presented to
her _Majesty_, as yet that I ever