Italics have been represented by _underlines_. Bold face has been
represented by =equal signs=. Small caps have been represented by
CAPITALS.
Obvious printing errors have been silently corrected. Species
names have been changed to lower case when needed for consistency.
Hyphenation, capitalization, and italics have been made more consistent.
The formatting of some headings has been changed for consistency and to
more logically reflect the structure of the work.
Inconsistencies in the formatting of recipe attributions have been
retained.
Illustrations have been moved to more logical places within the work.
It has been difficult in some instances to determine whether
inconsistencies in spelling are deliberate. For example, “sauce
piquante” occurs in the original in four variations. “Sauce piquante”
and “piquant sauce” have been retained. In general, names of recipes
have been allowed to stand, despite inconsistencies.
The use of both “shallot” and “eschalot” to refer to the same thing has
been retained.
The spellings “peacons” and “cocoanut” have been retained.
The ending parenthesis has been moved in a sentence that originally
stated, “...add a quart of peas (green peas, if not in season dried
peas) previously soaked....”