The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

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cookbook nonfiction book

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book canonical	3
Boston Cooking-School Cook Book	2
The Fannie Farmer Cookbook	2
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book preface	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T329643 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
Context triple: [Fannie Farmer, notableWork, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book]

A. Fannie Farmer
Fannie Farmer was an influential American cook and author whose 1896 "Boston Cooking-School Cook Book" helped standardize modern recipe measurements and home cooking practices.
B. NYT Cooking
NYT Cooking is The New York Times’ dedicated recipe and cooking platform offering a large curated collection of recipes, guides, and meal-planning tools.
C. Food: A Love Story
Food: A Love Story is a humorous book by comedian Jim Gaffigan that explores his obsessions with food and American eating habits through observational comedy.
D. Babette
Babette is a feminine given name, commonly used as a diminutive or variant of the name Barbara.
E. Julia Child
Julia Child was a pioneering American chef, author, and television personality who popularized French cuisine in the United States through her influential cookbooks and cooking shows.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
Target entity description: 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.

A. Fannie Farmer
Fannie Farmer was an influential American cook and author whose 1896 "Boston Cooking-School Cook Book" helped standardize modern recipe measurements and home cooking practices.
B. NYT Cooking
NYT Cooking is The New York Times’ dedicated recipe and cooking platform offering a large curated collection of recipes, guides, and meal-planning tools.
C. Food: A Love Story
Food: A Love Story is a humorous book by comedian Jim Gaffigan that explores his obsessions with food and American eating habits through observational comedy.
D. Babette
Babette is a feminine given name, commonly used as a diminutive or variant of the name Barbara.
E. Julia Child
Julia Child was a pioneering American chef, author, and television personality who popularized French cuisine in the United States through her influential cookbooks and cooking shows.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

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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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fannie Farmer → notableWork → The 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

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book → alternateTitle → The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook

Boston Cooking School → hasPublication → The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book ⓘ

Boston Cooking School → associatedWith → The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent → relatedWork → The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book ⓘ

Mary J. Lincoln → notableWork → The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book ⓘ