02681cam a2200421 i 4500 1427076398 TxAuBib 20240828120000.0 240125s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2024002466 9781635926125 HRD 18.99 1635926122 HRD 18.99 TxAuBib rda Smith, Emma Bland, author. The fabulous Fannie Farmer [BOOK] : kitchen scientist and America's cook / Emma Bland Smith ; pictures by Susan Reagan. First edition. New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024] 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Food - Picture Books Includes recipes. Includes bibliographical references. "When Fannie Farmer learned to cook in the late 1800s, recipes could be pretty silly. They might call for 'a goodly amount of salt' or 'a lump of butter' or 'a suspicion of nutmeg.' Girls were supposed to use their 'feminine instincts' in the kitchen (or maybe just guess). Despite this problem, Fannie loved cooking, so when polio prevented her from going to college, she became a teacher at the Boston Cooking School. Unlike her mother or earlier cookbook writers, Fannie didn’t believe in feminine instincts. To her, cooking was a science. She’d noticed that precise measurements and specific instructions ensured that cakes rose instead of flopped and doughnuts fried instead of burned. Students liked Fannie’s approach so much that she wrote a cookbook. Despite skepticism from publishers, Fannie’s book was a recipe for success. Written with humor and brought to life with charming illustrations, this book explores the origins of Fannie Farmer’s quintessentially American cookbook.". 20240828. Farmer, Fannie Merritt 1857-1915 Juvenile literature. Miss Farmer's School of Cookery Juvenile literature. Women cooks United States Biography Juvenile literature. Cooks United States Biography Juvenile literature. Cooking, American History 19th century Juvenile literature. Women Biography Juvenile literature. Reagan, Susan, illustrator. Food - Picture Books.