The Cost of Food
A Study in Dietaries
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After nine years most of the statements in the preface to the second edition still hold true in principle. While there has been an increase during this time in the price of raw food materials, there has been a still greater change in standards. This is due partly to increased knowledge of our nutritive needs as shown in the "irreducible minimum" estimate of 22 cents per person per day, and partly, of course, to increased luxury.
This edition is offered in order to continue the usefulness of this little book of Mrs. Richards'. It is still hers. Revision has been made only where present-day ideas are radically different from those of ten years ago, with an attempt to give costs more nearly those of to-day. The figures used are chiefly those 1915-1916, since it is difficult to determine a basis at present on account of the inflated prices of 1917. A comparison of the prices of a few foods in New York in 1901 and 1916 will illustrate the general trend.
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