AMST 1154 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Boston Cooking School, Fannie Farmer, American Cookery

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: American Studies
• Course: AMST 1154
• Professor: Rabinovitz Lauren

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When mary j. lincoln was appointed principal of the boston cooking school in 1879, it had no written curriculum, so she set about collecting the recipes used in the classes and writing a text around them. Her popular mrs. li(cid:374)(cid:272)ol(cid:374)"s bosto(cid:374) cook book, pu(cid:271)lished i(cid:374) 1884, (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e the te(cid:454)t used i(cid:374) the school. When fannie merritt farmer took over as principal in 1893, she decided that the book was due for a revision. After finishing a new edition, she approached the boston publisher little, brown and company, which had published mrs. li(cid:374)(cid:272)ol(cid:374)"s boston cook book and the works of other boston women. Farmer believed that they should publish her work as well, (cid:271)ut the editors at little, bro(cid:449)(cid:374) did(cid:374)"t see it that way. Li(cid:374)(cid:272)ol(cid:374)"s (cid:272)ook(cid:271)ook had (cid:271)ee(cid:374) repri(cid:374)ted a(cid:374)(cid:374)uall(cid:455) si(cid:374)(cid:272)e 1884 a(cid:374)d (cid:449)as still i(cid:374) pri(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d selli(cid:374)g (cid:449)ell. Mrs. lincoln was famous for her frequent lectures and published articles; fannie farmer was unknown outside boston.