The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

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The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book is a landmark late-19th-century American cookbook by Fannie Farmer that standardized recipes with precise measurements and helped shape modern home cooking.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf cookbook
nonfiction book
alternateTitle The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
surface form: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook
associatedWith Boston Cooking School
domestic science movement
author Fannie Farmer
basedOn teaching at the Boston Cooking School
contains cooking techniques
menu suggestions
nutritional information
recipes
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstEditionPageCount approximately 600 pages
genre cookbook
hasEdition The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook
hasSection beverages
breads
cakes
desserts
meats
pastry
salads
soups
vegetables
historicalSignificance helped professionalize domestic science
milestone in American culinary education
influenced American home cooks
later American cookbooks
influencedBy Boston Cooking School curriculum
language English
notableFor influence on modern American home cooking
precise, tested recipes
standardizing recipe measurements
systematic recipe organization
use of level measurements
publicationCentury 19th century
publicationYear 1896
publisher Little, Brown and Company
settingOfCreation Boston, Massachusetts
subject American cuisine
cookery
home cooking
targetAudience cooking students
home cooks
timePeriod Progressive Era
surface form: Progressive Era United States
usesMeasurementSystem standardized cup measurements
standardized tablespoon measurements
standardized teaspoon measurements

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The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book alternateTitle The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
this entity surface form: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook
Boston Cooking School associatedWith The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
this entity surface form: Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
Fannie Farmer describedBySource The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
this entity surface form: The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book preface
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book hasEdition The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook
Boston Cooking School hasPublication The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
Fannie Farmer notableWork The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent relatedWork The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book