The Original Fannie Farmer 1896 Cook Book [Hardcover]

Mass.) Boston Cooking School (Boston (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2001

This commemorative edition published in 1996.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 624 pages
• Publisher: Thurman House Llc (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589898001
• ISBN-13: 978-1589898004
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,270,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This cookbook is amazing!, December 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Original Fannie Farmer 1896 Cook Book (Hardcover)

When I was growing up, my parents had this book. It was a paperback version and is now in tatters with the cover missing. As you can tell, it was well-used cooking guide in our house! What I love so much about this book is that it explains everything in great detail and does not assume that you know what some of the more savvy cooking terms are. It is made for the beginner as well as the expert cook, however, and features basic as well as gourmet dishes. I also love the graphic illustrations that accompany some of the recipes. Although it does not include beautiful pictures of each dish, you can rest assured that any of them that you make will be a hit!

I recently got married and my husband and I have been cooking a bit more. We bought a hard back version of this cookbook last year and it is the most used cookbook in the house. We love it!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Basic, Authentic Recipes with Old Fashioned Instruction, March 12, 2002

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Lora J. Roberts (Washington, DC area USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Original Fannie Farmer 1896 Cook Book (Hardcover)

My late mother owned at least one early version of the FANNIE FARMER COOKBOOK......a Brown, hardcovered book that is now consisting of the cover falling off the binder and its pages soiled and/or torn. Yes, that was how popular it was and how heavily it was used. When I moved out of the family home in Connecticut into my own apartment in the Washington, DC area, my first items on my "must have" list was my very own FANNIE FARMER COOKBOOK. When I saw a latest version of the FANNIE FARMER COOKBOOK, I also saw the 1896 BOSTON COOKING SCHOOL COOK BOOK listed along with the cookbook. Needless to say, I purchased both books. This book has easy to follow cooking instructions, a listing of equivalent measures, How to Measure Ingredients, and substitutable recipe items, and Classic, Old Fashioned Recipes (i.e. Breadmaking, Cake Making, Preserving, Soups, and Cake Baking (I actually learned to make homemade Mayonaise which taste much, much better than the store brand). Whether you are starting out on your own (as I), an established homemaker desiring to make Old Fashioned food, or a Grandmother desiring to revisit old time favorites, this cookbook is for you.