Ann Cook (marubucin littafin dafa abinci)

**Ann H. Cook** ( fl. c. 1725 – c. 1760 ) marubuciya ce a fannin girki kuma mai kula da masaukin baki ta Ingila. A shekarar 1754 ta buga littafin *Professed Cookery*, wanda ya ci gaba zuwa bugu biyu a rayuwarta.

Zama a Hexham, Northumberland, a tsakanin 1739–1740, Cook da mijinta John sun shiga cikin rikici da wani mai filaye na gida mai alaƙa da juna, Sir Lancelot Allgood, bayan wata muhawara kan takardar kuɗin da Cooks suka bayar. Duk da cewa daga baya an wanke su daga laifi, Allgood ya ci gaba da kai musu hari, yana tilasta musu barin masaukinsu su ƙaura. Kuɗaɗensu sun sha wahala kuma an daure John saboda rashin biyan basussukan. Don samun kuɗi, Cook ya rubuta *Sabon Tsarin Girke-girke* a 1753, wanda aka sake buga shi a matsayin *Professed Cookery* a 1754. A cikin aikin, ban da girke-girke iri-iri, ta haɗa da waƙa da "Rubutu akan Fasahar Girke-girke ta Lady". Wannan hari ne ga 'yar'uwar Allgood, Hannah Glasse, wacce ta buga littafin girke-girke mafi sayarwa, *The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy*, a 1747.

An buga ƙarin bugu na *Farfesa Cookery* a shekarun 1755 da 1760; an buga wani bugu da aka sake fasalinsa, wanda ya ƙunshi zaɓaɓɓun girke-girke daga bugu na farko, a shekarar 1936. A cikin bugu biyu na farko na aikin, an bayyana Cook a matsayin wacce ke zaune a Newcastle upon Tyne ; a bugu na uku na 1760, tana zaune a masauki a Holborn, London. Bugu na biyu da na uku na *Farfesa Cookery* ya ƙunshi fannoni da dama, ciki har da nazarin aikin Glasse, girke-girke na gargajiya na Turanci da kuma muƙala kan kula da gida wanda ya haɗa da tarihin rayuwar aboki da tarihin rayuwar Cook. Gabatarwar, wadda aka rubuta a matsayin waƙa, ta zargi Glasse da satar fasaha kuma ta yi ba'a ga iyawarta ta zama malami, da kuma yin izgili ga rashin halattar ta.

## Rayuwa
Ba a san komai game da rayuwar Ann Cook ba tun tana ƙarama, kodayake wataƙila an haife ta ne a ƙarshen shekarun 1690 kuma wataƙila a County Durham .   A cewar labarin tarihin rayuwarta da ta haɗa a cikin littafin girke-girke, ta yi aiki a matsayin mai dafa abinci da mai kula da gida ; masanin tarihi Madeleine Hope Dodds ya yi la'akari da cewa ta fara hidima tana da shekaru goma sha biyu.  Ann ta auri John Cook a kusa da 1725–1727;  shi ne mai haya mai lasisi na Black Bull Inn da ke Hexham, Northumberland . Black Bull yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan gidajen kwana na garin kuma yana da ɗakunan taro don tarurrukan zamantakewa. Yana yiwuwa masu dafa abinci su kasance Katolika na Roman.  Ma'auratan suna da aƙalla 'ya'ya mata biyu - babbarsu an haife ta a 1728 - da 'ya'ya maza uku.  

A shekara ta 1739–1740, a lokacin da ake gudanar da zagayen azumin assizes na assizes, Sir Lancelot Allgood, wanda ke riƙe da mukamai na babban sheriff kuma ɗan majalisar dokoki, ya aika wa Black Bull saƙo cewa alkalin da ke ziyara da ƙungiyarsa suna son kwalaben giya na Faransa masu kyau guda shida, kuma John Cook ya umarce su da su shigo. Alkalin bai gamsu da ruwan inabin ba kuma ya aika saƙo zuwa ga gidan Allgood don ya aro ruwan inabi daga can; Allgood ya aika masa da kwalaben a matsayin kyauta. Yayin da aka sha kwalaben giya shida na asali, John ya tura su ga Allgood. Lokacin da Allgood da alkali suka haɗu, sun yanke hukunci mara kyau cewa John ya tuhumi alkali da giyar da aka ba shi kyauta. Allgood ya zargi mai gidan da cin amanarsa a bainar jama'a, kuma ya yi barazanar lalata shi, wanda ya haifar da jayayya tsakanin su biyun, wanda wani ɓangare ya haifar da karewar da Ann ta yi wa mijinta.  

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