Fannie's Last Supper Two Years, Twelve Courses, and One Amazing Meal from Fannie Farmer's 1896 Cookbook

Kimball, Chris

ISBN 10: 0771095554 / ISBN 13: 9780771095559

Published by McClelland & Stewart, 2010

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A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; 9.20 X 6.40 X 1 inches; 272 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fannie's Last Supper Two Years, Twelve Courses, and One Amazing Meal from Fannie Farmer's 1896 Cookbook
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0771095554
• ISBN 13: 9780771095559
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; Second Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

Before The Joy of Cooking, there was The Boston Cooking School Cookbook. Written by Fannie Farmer, principal of the school, and published in 1896, it was the bestselling cookbook of its age. 400,000 copies were sold by Farmer's death in 1915 — and more than 4 million were sold by the 1960s. It perfectly encapsulates the late Victorian era, but it's also surprisingly modern; in short, it's ripe for reevaluation. And who better to conduct such an experiment than Chris Kimball, founder of Cook's Illustrated and host of PBS's America's Test Kitchen? Fannie's Last Supper is the result. In it, Kimball assembles an extravagant 12-course Christmas dinner from Farmer's cookbook and serves it in an 1859 Boston townhouse, complete with an authentic Victorian home kitchen, uniformed maids, and a distinguished guest list. The menu includes Roast Goose with Potato Stuffing, Canton Punch, Three Moulded Victorian Jellies, and Mandarin Cake. But Kimball includes more than just the dinner party's dishes — Fannie's Last Supper is a working cookbook with tested, rewritten, updated recipes drawn from Farmer's opus. It's a culinary thriller of sorts, travelling back in time to reexamine something most of us take for granted: the North American table.

About the Author

CHRIS KIMBALL founded Cook's Magazine in 1980. Now known as Cook's Illustrated, it has a paid circulation of 1,000,000. He also hosts America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country, the top-rated cooking shows on public television.