Definition

Proper noun: * Fannie Farmer: A person known as an expert on cooking, specifically recognized for authoring a cookbook that has been published in numerous editions. This refers to the historical figure Fannie Merritt Farmer (1857–1915).

Usage

• Fannie Farmer is used as a proper noun to refer to the person, her legacy, or her influential work in culinary arts and home economics.
  • The recipe follows the precise measurements championed by Fannie Farmer.
  • My grandmother's kitchen always had a copy of the Fannie Farmer cookbook.

Advanced Usage

• The name Fannie Farmer is often used metonymically to refer to her cookbook, , or to her standardized approach to cooking.
  • For a classic American recipe, just look it up in Fannie Farmer. (Here, "Fannie Farmer" refers to the cookbook.)
  • Her teaching style embodied the Fannie Farmer philosophy of scientific domesticity.

Variants and Related Words

• The Fannie Farmer Cookbook (noun phrase): The title of the famous cookbook first published in 1896.
• Fannie Merritt Farmer (noun phrase): The full name of the historical figure.

Synonyms

• Culinary authority
• Cookbook author

Related Phrases

• The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book: The original title of Fannie Farmer's seminal cookbook.

Noun

1. an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)