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Morgenstern developed her illustrated, universal cookbook for healthy and sick persons" using the latest nutritional theories of renowned doctors. Her intention was to create delicious recipes that were both tasty and health-conscious (at least for the early 1900s). Morgenstern came from a Jewish family and was active in social causes throughout her life beginning at a young age. During the Austro-Prussian War she established soup kitchens which tested recipes later used in her cookbook. In 1872 she founded the Berliner Hausfrauenverein (Berlin Housewives Society) and later the Berliner Hausfrauenvereins cooking school, which also tested the recipes in this book. Although raised in a Jewish household, her cookbook did not encourage kosher cooking. For example, in her introduction to meats, she included a section on the general preparation of pork. She wrote that pork was forbidden for 2000 years according to Jewish customs because of its many disadvantages to health, particularly in hot climates; however, she asserted that one should reconsider the advantages of pork in light of its many uses. Overall, her explanations of food in her cookbook - which was also designed as a sort of
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