The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

The book that taught America to measure. Fannie Farmer's 1896 classic replaced the pinch, the lump and the teacup of the old receipts with the level cup and the level spoon — and then filled eight hundred pages with what to do next.

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Announcement of Courses

THE aim of this School is to afford such instruction as will elevate cookery to its proper place as a science and an art. The courses are so arranged, combining the practical and the theoretical, that the knowledge gained may be applied to daily living. The needs of the body are not forgotten. The classification, composition, and nutritive value of foods are considered. The correct proportion of each of the foodprinciples necessary for a day's ration, for those of different age, sex, and occupation, is emphasized, thus enabling the pupil to arrange well-balanced dietaries. Attention is paid to the selection of supplies with reference to economy and utility, thus tending to develop an interest in marketing and accounts

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