Fannie in the Kitchen: The Whole Story from Soup to Nuts of How Fannie Farmer Invented Recipes with Precise Measurements
by Deborah Hopkinson
2021-02-03 14:13:30
Fannie in the Kitchen: The Whole Story from Soup to Nuts of How Fannie Farmer Invented Recipes with Precise Measurements
by Deborah Hopkinson
2021-02-03 14:13:30
Marcia was trying to help her mama. So maybe balancing on top of a tower of chairs to dip candles wasn''t such a good idea. And perhaps her biscuits worked better as doorstops than dessert. Still, does her mama really need to hire a mother''s helper?...
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Marcia was trying to help her mama. So maybe balancing on top of a tower of chairs to dip candles wasn''t such a good idea. And perhaps her biscuits worked better as doorstops than dessert. Still, does her mama really need to hire a mother''s helper?
Then Fannie Farmer steps into their kitchen, and all of a sudden the biscuits are dainty and the griddle cakes aren''t quite so...al dente. As Fannie teaches Marcia all about cooking, from how to flip a griddle cake at precisely the right moment to how to determine the freshness of eggs, Marcia makes a wonderful new friend.
Here''s the story "from soup to nuts" -- delightfully embellished by Deborah Hopkinson -- of how Fannie Farmer invented the modern recipe and created one of the first and best-loved American cookbooks. Nancy Carpenter seamlessly incorporates vintage engravings into her pen, ink, and watercolor illustrations, deliciously evoking the feeling of a time gone by.
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