Fannie in the kitchen
By: by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Nancy Carpenter.
Contributors: Carpenter, Nancy.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Farmer, Fannie Merritt, -- 1857-1915 -- Juvenile literature; Cookery -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: Fannie Farmer is a mother's helper in the Shaw house, where the daughter gives her the idea of writing down precise instructions for measuring and cooking, which eventually became one of the first modern cookbooks.
Notes: "The whole story from soup to nuts of how Fannie Farmer invented recipes with precise measurements, including helpful hints from her famous cookbook."

"An Anne Schwartz book."

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