Thursday, 8 January 2009

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book


The first cookbook to use standardized measurements in its recipes, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, was published in 1896. Edited by Fannie Farmer, the book became one of America's favorite cookbooks and was republished as The Fanny Farmer Cookbook.

The full text of the original 1896 edition is available on the Internet, in images as well as in transcript.

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