Fannie in the kitchen

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.

Main Author: Hopkinson, Deborah.
Other Authors: Carpenter, Nancy (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Summary: 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.
Item Description: "The whole story from soup to nuts of how Fannie Farmer invented recipes with precise measurements, including helpful hints from her famous cookbook."
Physical Description: 1 v.: ill.
ISBN: 068981965X
Author Notes: Deborah Hopkinson is the author of numerous award-winning children's books, including Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt , winner of the International Literacy Association Award; Girl Wonder , winner of the Great Lakes Book Award; and Apples to Oregon , a Junior Library Guild Selection. She received the 2003 Washington State Book Award for Under the Quilt of Night. She lives in Oregon. Visit her online at DeborahHopkinson.com.

Nancy Carpenter is the acclaimed illustrator of Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt , Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine , Fannie in the Kitchen , and Loud Emily , among other books. Her works have garnered many honors, including two Christopher Awards and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at NancyCarpenter.website.