Intro -- Also by M.F.K. Fisher -- Title Page -- Dedication -- A Note from the Publishers -- Introduction to the Revised Edition -- How to Be Sage Without Hemlock -- How to Catch the Wolf -- How to Distribute Your Virtue -- How to Boil Water -- How to Greet the Spring -- How Not to Boil an Egg -- How to Keep Alive -- How to Rise Up Like New Bread -- How to Be Cheerful Though Starving -- How to Carve the Wolf -- How to Make a Pigeon Cry -- How to Pray for Peace -- How to Be Content with a Vegetable Love -- How to Make a Great Show -- How to Have a Sleek Pelt -- How to Comfort Sorrow -- How to Be a Wise Man -- How to Lure the Wolf -- How to Drink to the Wolf -- How Not to Be an Earthworm -- How to Practise True Economy -- Conclusion -- Index of Recipes -- Conversion Table -- About the Publisher -- About the Author -- Copyright -- 1 -- 2 -- 1. -- 2. -- Addie's Quick Bucket-Bread -- Aunt Gwen's Cold Shape -- Baked Apples -- Baked Ham in Cream -- Baked Ham Slice -- Baked Tuna (or Salmon) with Mushroom Sauce -- Beef Sauce for Polenta, A -- Bœuf Moreno -- Bœuf Tartare -- Calves' Brains -- Chinese Consommé -- Chinese Rice -- Chowder -- Cinnamon Milk.