Fannie Farmer

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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.

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instanceOf cook
cookbook
cookbook
cookbook author
culinary educator
person
author Fannie Farmer self-linksurface differs
Fannie Farmer self-linksurface differs
causeOfDeath stroke
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1857-03-23
dateOfDeath 1915-01-15
describedBySource The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
surface form: The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book preface
educatedAt Boston Cooking School
employer Boston Cooking School
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Farmer
fieldOfWork cookery
culinary education
home economics
genre cookbook
domestic science
givenName Fannie
hasNationality American
hasPartInHerLegacy standard household measuring cups and spoons in recipes
influenced home economics education in the United States
modern American cookbooks
knownFor influencing American home cooking practices
promoting precise recipe measurements
standardizing level measurements in recipes
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement home economics movement
notableIdea recipes with exact measurements instead of approximations
notableWork Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
occupation author
cook
teacher
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld principal of the Boston Cooking School
publicationDate 1896
sexOrGender female
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Fannie associatedWith Fannie Farmer
Fannie Farmer author Fannie Farmer self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent
Fannie Farmer author Fannie Farmer self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
Mount Auburn Cemetery burialPlaceOf Fannie Farmer
this entity surface form: Fannie Merritt Farmer
Fannie hasNotableBearer Fannie Farmer
Farmer hasNotableBearer Fannie Farmer
Boston Cooking School notablePerson Fannie Farmer
this entity surface form: Fannie Merritt Farmer