The Boston cooking-school cook book by Fannie Merritt Farmer

"The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book" by Fannie Merritt Farmer is a comprehensive cookbook written in the early 20th century. The book serves as a guide to various cooking techniques and food science, reflecting a growing interest in dietary knowledge and culinary education during this period. Farmer aims to elevate scientific cookery, emphasizing its importance for improving health and personal well-being. The opening of the cookbook sets the stage by discussing food's definition and essential role in nourishment and health. It introduces the elemental composition of food, categorizing it into organic and inorganic components. The text emphasizes the necessity of understanding the dietary value of various food groups and the importance of balanced nutrition influenced by individual factors such as age and occupation. This section also highlights Farmer's aim to not only provide recipes but to cultivate a deeper understanding of food science among her readers, laying a solid foundation for the more specific recipes and cooking techniques that follow the opening chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 1857-1915
Title The Boston cooking-school cook book
Credits Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 73.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class TX: Technology: Home economics
Subject Cooking
Subject Cooking, American
Category Text
eBook-No. 65061
Release Date
Last Update Oct 18, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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