The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book facts for kids

A magazine from the Boston Cooking School.

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book is a famous cookbook from 1896. It was written by Fannie Farmer. This book is still popular today. You can find it in new printings or updated versions. It was special because it showed a new, more exact way to write recipes.

Fannie Farmer wanted her book to be more than just recipes. She hoped it would make people curious. She wanted them to learn more about food science. She believed this would help them choose what to eat wisely. Her book quickly became the best-selling cookbook of its time.

In 2007, people recreated a dinner from the Victorian era. They used the old cooking methods from this book. A book called Fannie's Last Supper described this event. A TV show with the same name aired in 2010.

How the Book Was Published

When the company Little, Brown & Company first printed Fannie Farmer's cookbook, they were not sure it would sell well. So, the first edition came out in 1896. They only printed 3,000 copies. But the book was an instant hit!

You can still buy copies that look just like the original book. Many updated versions have also been published. These newer books are often called The Fannie Farmer Cookbook. The most recent one is the thirteenth edition. Marion Cunningham wrote it. It first came out in 1990. It was reissued in 1996 for the book's 100th birthday.

The twelfth and thirteenth editions were published by Knopf Publishing Group.

Different Editions Over Time

Over the years, many different versions of the cookbook have been released. Each new edition often had more pages. This shows how popular and important the book has been for a long time.

• 1st edition, 1896. 567 pages.
• 2nd edition, 1906. 648 pages.
• First Revised edition, 1912. 648 pages.
• 3rd edition, 1918. 656 pages.
• 4th edition, 1923. 808 pages.
• 5th edition, 1930. 831 pages.
• 6th edition, 1936. 838 pages.
• 7th edition, 1941. 824 pages.
• 8th edition, 1946. 879 pages. (Called Fannie Farmer's Boston Cooking School Cook Book)
• 9th edition, 1951. 878 pages. (Called The New Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking-School Cookbook on the cover)
• 10th edition, 1959. 596 pages. (Called The All New Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking-School Cookbook)
• 11th edition, 1965. 624 pages. (This was the first one called The Fannie Farmer Cookbook)
• 12th edition, 1979. 811 pages. (Revised by Marion Cunningham with Jeri Laber)
• 13th edition, 1990. 874 pages. (By Marion Cunningham)

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In Spanish: The Boston cooking-school cook book para niños