Fannie Merritt Farmer
Fannie Farmer (1857 1915) came to cooking due to a stroke at the age of sixteen that forced her to remain homebound for over a decade. She took up cooking so thoroughly that she turned her mother s home into a boardinghouse known for its uncommonly delicious meals. Once she was able to walk again, Farmer attended the Boston Cooking School in the late 1880s and learned to approach cooking as a domestic science, as was popular then. The cookbook she eventually published under the school s name in...See more
Fannie Farmer (1857 1915) came to cooking due to a stroke at the age of sixteen that forced her to remain homebound for over a decade. She took up cooking so thoroughly that she turned her mother s home into a boardinghouse known for its uncommonly delicious meals. Once she was able to walk again, Farmer attended the Boston Cooking School in the late 1880s and learned to approach cooking as a domestic science, as was popular then. The cookbook she eventually published under the school s name in 1896 became unexpectedly famous, thanks to its system of standardized measuring vessels and level measurements. See less
Fannie Merritt Farmer's Featured Books
Fannie Merritt Farmer book reviews
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The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
The Best Cookbook for a Kitchen Beginner
by Aarrgghh, Jul 12, 2014
With the advent of Genetically Modified Food, I enquired and found that every cake or batter mix in my pantry was rife with it. "Organically grown" is the only way to steer clear of this horror, and ... Read More
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The all new Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking-School cookbook
Really great condition
by peejay, Oct 30, 2009
book in great condition and of course its fanny farmer so recipes are great Read More
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The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
If you only have one cookbook, this is the one
You can cook anything, even if you know nothing about the kitchen, if you have a copy of this cookbook.
Ms Farmer explains everything you need to know about food, essential kitchen tools/utensils, ... Read More
