For the candymaker, see Fanny Farmer. Fannie Farmer Cook Book, the 1996 hardcover edition. American culinary expert whose Boston Cooking-School Dish fast cookbook Book became a widely used culinary text.
Fannie Farmer was born on 23 March 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, to Mary Watson Merritt and John Franklin Farmer, an editor and printer. Boston Cooking School at the suggestion of Mrs. Fannie published her best-known work, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, in 1896. Her cookbook introduced the concept of using standardized measuring spoons and cups, as well as level measurement. 3,000 copies, published at the author’s expense.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company. A complete list of editions may be found at Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent. What to Have for Dinner: Containing Menus with Recipes for their Preparation. New York, NY: Dodge Publishing Company. Catering for Special Occasions, with Menus and Recipes. A New Book of Cookery: Eight-hundred and Sixty Recipes Covering the Whole Range of Cookery.