[Homestead] Boston Cooking School
EarthNSky
erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Thu May 15 22:40:33 EDT 2008
I read that this book revolutionized cookbooks by putting actual
measurements for phrases like (add a little sour cream until thickened).
Apparently after this book, she focused on the housewife as opposed to
the chef.
Roy Morgan wrote:
>>>> My sister just gave me the following book:
>>>> _The Boston Cooking School Cook Book_, by Fannie
>>> Merritt Farmer, 1909
>
>
> We have here a reprint (one of those on poor paper that gets yellow
> in a few decades) of the 1896 edition. The fly leaf bears my
> signature and the date 1966. Moon had it out the other day and I
> suggested it might have some interesting things in it, but certainly
> not as up to date as other members of her library.
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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
34.498N 85.076W Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky
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