{"product_id":"the-fabulous-fannie-farmer-kitchen-scientist-and-america-s-cook","title":"The Fabulous Fannie Farmer: Kitchen Scientist and America’s Cook","description":"ALSC Notable Children's Book\nCCBC Choices 2025\nA NSTA-CBC Best STEM Book\n2025 Texas Topaz List\n2025 Rise: A Feminist Book Project Title\n\nFannie Farmer, America’s most famous cooking teacher, discovers that precise measurements are a recipe for cooking success in this STEAM picture book that includes two of her classic recipes.\n\n School Library Journal, starred review\n Youth Services Book Review, starred review\n\nWhen Fannie Farmer learned to cook in the late 1800s, recipes could be pretty silly. They might call for “a goodly amount of salt” or “a lump of butter” or “a suspicion of nutmeg.” Girls were supposed to use their “feminine instincts” in the kitchen (or maybe just guess). Despite this problem, Fannie loved cooking, so when polio prevented her from going to college, she became a teacher at the Boston Cooking School. Unlike her mother or earlier cookbook writers, Fannie didn’t believe in feminine instincts. To her, cooking was a science. She’d noticed that precise measurements and specific instructions ensured that cakes rose instead of flopped and doughnuts fried instead of burned. Students liked Fannie’s approach so much that she wrote a cookbook. Despite skepticism from publishers, Fannie’s book was a recipe for success.\n\nWritten with humor and brought to life with charming illustrations, this book explores the origins of Fannie Farmer’s quintessentially American cookbook. A cookbook that was beloved because it allowed anyone to make tasty things, with no guessing, no luck—and certainly no feminine instincts—required.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1635926122\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1635926122.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Smith, Emma Bland|Reagan, Susan\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41718960521274,"sku":"DBV.1635926122.G","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1635926122-0.jpg?v=1790994239","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-fabulous-fannie-farmer-kitchen-scientist-and-america-s-cook","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}