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Fabulous Fannie Farmer, The: Kitchen Scientist and America's Cook

Emma Bland Smith

Illustrator: Susan Reagan

Ages: 9+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Calkins Creek/Astra BFYR/Astra Publishing House

ISBN: 978-1-63592-612-5

Keywords: Biography/Memoir-Cookbooks, cooking

A 19th-century food lover turned home cooking into both a science and an art form. Detailed, mixed-media illustrations. Time line, bibliography, suggested reading. Recipes.