Breakfast Dainties

A melon may look delicious and taste like a squash. Thomas J. Murrey’s rescue? A lively dressing of oil, vinegar, pepper, and salt.

In the late nineteenth-century household, breakfast often meant the same steaks and chops, served in a hurry to a man who would rather have stayed in bed. Murrey sees the cost of that routine: a discouraged cook, unappreciated food, and a table where culinary surprises rarely stand a chance. He offers practical ways to bring freshness and ingenuity to the morning, from fruit served with care to coffee brewed for a clear, rich cup. What can a little inventiveness put on the breakfast table instead?

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