1.4 A Note on Portion Size and Original Sources

Everyone is familiar with estimated serving numbers in published recipes. In general, I find them to be rather inaccurate, so when trying a new recipe, I use them at most for a rough guideline. And personally, what I found to be a single serving for me 50 years ago is a serving plus leftovers or even two servings for me today. All of the recipes I’ve included are of that size; you of course may find otherwise.

And finally, I will confess that there are very few original recipes in this book - all are ones that were originally obtained from either a cookbook or an online source. Those sources are cited in the recipes themselves, and all sources, with brief annotations, are provided in the concluding section.