Fannie Farmer

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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)