[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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