Fannie in the Kitchen The Whole Story from Soup to Nuts of How Fannie Farmer Invented Recipes with Precise Measurements (with Audio Recording) |
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| Author:
| Hopkinson, Deborah |
| Illustrator:
| Carpenter, Nancy |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4424-8459-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Marcia was
trying to help her mama. So maybe balancing on top of a tower of chairs to dip candles wasn't such a good idea. And perhaps her biscuits worked better as doorstops than dessert. Still, does her mama
really need to hire a mother's helper? Then Fannie Farmer steps into their kitchen, and all of a sudden the biscuits are dainty and the griddle cakes aren't quite so...al dente. As Fannie teaches Marcia all about cooking, from how to flip a griddle cake at...
More DescriptionMarcia was trying to help her mama. So maybe balancing on top of a tower of chairs to dip candles wasn't such a good idea. And perhaps her biscuits worked better as doorstops than dessert. Still, does her mama really need to hire a mother's helper?
Then Fannie Farmer steps into their kitchen, and all of a sudden the biscuits are dainty and the griddle cakes aren't quite so...al dente. As Fannie teaches Marcia all about cooking, from how to flip a griddle cake at precisely the right moment to how to determine the freshness of eggs, Marcia makes a wonderful new friend.
Here's the story "from soup to nuts" -- delightfully embellished by Deborah Hopkinson -- of how Fannie Farmer invented the modern recipe and created one of the first and best-loved American cookbooks. Nancy Carpenter seamlessly incorporates vintage engravings into her pen, ink, and watercolor illustrations, deliciously evoking the feeling of a time gone by.