Everything from canning, to candies, to meats & puddings.

    Rose Henniker Heaton's 'Thoughts about Cooks' may be less useful now than they were in the 1930s, but the recipes for salted shrimps and the King of Spain's favourite aperitif might still be recommended, and it is always as well to know what to serve in a country cottage if the Prime Minister comes to dine.Witty -- and occasionally wicked -- the tips on entertaining the welcome and the unwelcome visitor (the 'guest' and the 'pest') are accompanied by the original humorous drawings.