Featuring a diverse array of old-time recipes primarily focused on vegetables and potatoes, this vintage cookbook offers innovative dishes with straightforward instructions, making it accessible for novice cooks and modern vegetarians. Highlights include recipes for French Artichokes, Vinaigrette Sauce, and Mint Glazed Carrots with Peas, among others. The book is a valuable addition to any culinary collection and is republished in an affordable edition, complete with a new introduction on vegetarianism, reflecting the growing interest in healthy eating.
Notable for its scientific approach to recipe writing, this cookbook offers meticulous step-by-step instructions that revolutionized culinary practices when it was first published in 1896. Originating from the prestigious Boston Cooking School, it serves as a comprehensive guide for home cooks, emphasizing precision and clarity in the kitchen. The Original Fannie Farmer Cookbook remains a foundational text, influencing modern cooking methods and standards.
A classic bestseller, the Fannie Farmer 1896 Cook Book contains an incredible offering of 1,380 recipes, from boiling an egg to preparing a calf's head.Farmer's instructions also go beyond recipes to include how to set the table for proper tea, full menu ideas for holiday dinners, housekeeping tips, and so much more. This book is known for pioneering the standardization of measurements in recipe instructions, which made the creation of better meals possible for even the most inexperienced of cooks. Farmer's thorough text is chock full of fabulous Americana for cooks and non-cooks alike. Recipes This book is a great buy for cooks who want to get back to basics and enjoy the pleasures of traditional American cooking. Cooks who think they've done it all will discover classic recipes to share with friends and family, and total beginners will be comfortable with Farmer's clear instructions for even the most basic meal prep. The Fannie Farmer Cook Book will be a valued addition to your cookbook collection.
The book offers a collection of sophisticated dinner menus and recipes, emphasizing the art of genuine hospitality. It includes detailed instructions for preparing elegant dishes such as Lobster Canapés, Parisienne Soup, and Roast Saddle of Venison, alongside various accompaniments and desserts. The descriptions highlight the joy and ease that come with hosting, as well as the importance of presentation and flavor in creating memorable dining experiences. This OCR edition may contain typographical errors but remains a valuable resource for culinary enthusiasts.
When this book was originally published in 1911, Fannie Farmer said: "Americans of today are accused, somewhat unjustly, it seems, of being inhospitable. Because we do not, in the manner of a generation or two ago, lay aside all our duties at the visit of friends and welcome them ungrudgingly to our ordinary meal we expose ourselves to this charge; but, in truth, it is a higher conception of hospitality that has brought about this change. We receive our guests more normally; we make preparations for their coming, and take pleasure in giving them a meal that shall vary from the humdrum order of culinary production. The fashion in entertaining, as in so many other things, has changed, and consciously or unconsciously we conform to the new standards. And why is not the new hospitality more satisfying, both to the host and guest, than the old? It seems to me that housekeepers are enjoying as never before the days set apart for their friends, and have learned to appreciate the saying of Brillat-Savarin, 'He who receives friends, without himself bestowing some pains upon the repast prepared for them, does not deserve to have friends.' And certainly there is none of us so regardless of the delights of the table that he does not respond to the warming influences of a meal prepared by a thoughtful hostess as a tribute to him as a guest."
Culturally significant, this work has been preserved to reflect its original form, including copyright references and library stamps. It serves as a vital piece of civilization's knowledge base, showcasing the importance of historical artifacts. The reproduction aims to maintain fidelity to the original text, offering readers a glimpse into the past and its enduring relevance.
