a literary cookbook for young readers and eaters : fairy tales retold
Yolen, Jane
2006
Contains retellings of nineteen stories based on old folktales, as well as one original story, each paired with one or more recipes, and includes fact boxes and illustrations.
the whole story from soup to nuts of how Fannie Farmer invented recipes with precise measurements
Hopkinson, Deborah
2001
Fannie Farmer is a mother's helper in the Shaw house, where the daughter gives her the idea of writing down precise instructions for measuring and cooking, which eventually became one of the first modern cookbooks.
Annie Burns answers an ad requesting an extraordinary cook needed to get Mr. Emerson to eat real food to supplement the nourishment he derives from nature through his imagination.