1896 Boston Cooking-School Cookbook @ richardeward.com

1896 Boston Cooking-School Cookbook
by Fannie Merritt Farmer
from Gramercy

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Heirloom Replacement
  I purchased this cookbook as a replacement for my mom it is a copy of her first cookbook. I grew up on the recipes and also bought copies for myself and my sister and my daughter. It is one of the easiest cookbooks I have ever used and the food it great.

• The recipes from the Betsy-Tacy books
  My favorite Maud Hart Lovelace book is Betsy's Wedding and I was very happy to find a recipe for Lady Baltimore Cake. I don't think that I will be making any of these recipes and I am not sure it was worth ten dollars but it's nice to know that pre-gadgetry, cakes were being churned out; that eases my baking anxiety.

• A trusted friend in the kitchen
  I clearly remember the day about 40 years ago when I talked my mother into buying a bottle of Final Touch fabric softener, a product she didn't even use, simply because it came with this free cookbook. I was 10 then, and dozens of cookbooks later, this is the one I turn to most often. The pages are brown and brittle, and began falling out years ago. I kept the book together with a rubber band, and now use a Ziploc bag. I want to make sure our family's favorite recipes are available to my 3 sons, so I'm... more info

• SAVE A CORNER PIECE WITH FROSTING, PLEASE !
  Fannie Farmer was a favored ikon during my growing-up years in Ithaca. Later, I inherited her revered & well-worn cookbook, and after copying a few choice recipes such as my brother's favorite Snow Pudding, passed it on to an interested daughter.
  Now there are other editions to choose from: Penguin published a mini version you might be able to locate on e-bay. It has the chocolate cake of my childhood that must have been concocted in Fannie Farmer's kitchen but I am still not sure if the directions... more info

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