The Western Democrat

VALUABLE TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—Mrs. V. C. Barringer, of Concord, N. C., has written and had published a practical Cook-Book, entitled the "Dixie Cookery, or how I managed my table for twelve years." It is for sale at the Book Store in this place, and we hope will be patronized by Southern house-wives and house-keepers. From the Author's Preface we make a few extracts:

"There is a very mistaken notion at the North and West, about the domestic life of Southerners, Southern women especially. The common idea is, that we are entirely destitute of practical knowledge of household affairs. This is a great mistake. The contrary is true. A Southern woman must know how to prepare any dish, for she finds no cooks made to order; they must be of her own training, in the minutest particulars of every department. Northern housekeepers, in all the large towns and cities, do not have to depend on their own skill for the delicacies of every description that make up the dainties of the table; but we Southern housewives, even in our larger towns and cities, all do; and Northern visitors stand aghast at the amount of labor summoned up in the filling of our store-rooms, and it is difficult to convince them that we trust these preparations to no one else.

I found every cook-book I took up so deficient in economy, that I determined to make one for my own guidance—the best method of enriching a larder, as well as of insuring success. Hence, the exactness of measures given. My book is entirely practical—nothing else.

A regular Breakfast cake of George Washington's, obtained from a relative of his, in Virginia, will attract great attention.

At the repeated solicitations of friends, living in all parts of the "South," I have decided to give this private experience of twelve years' daily practice to the public, and ask those who are interested, to look with favor on Dixie Cookery."