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Biographies

Cookbook author biographies and food company histories

Cover of Olive S. Allen's cookbook for Crisco, "200 Tested Recipes."
Biographies / Plant-based

Olive S. Allen: A French Home Cook Writes Crisco Recipe Book

Olive S. Allen: A French Home Cook Writes Crisco Recipe Book Seymour
Clara Alden Spence portrait, circa 1930.
Biographies

Airy Fairy Flour author Clara Alden Spence, 1920s-1930s

Airy Fairy Flour author Clara Alden Spence, 1920s-1930s Seymour
Biographies

Inside Frigidaire’s Test Kitchen: Meet Verna L. Miller, Home Economist 1920s-1960s

Inside Frigidaire’s Test Kitchen: Meet Verna L. Miller, Home Economist 1920s-1960s Seymour
Helen Louise Johnson, demonstrating electric cooking at the 1893 World's Fair.
1890s / Biographies

Helen Louise Johnson: Cooking with Lightning, 1893

Helen Louise Johnson: Cooking with Lightning, 1893 Seymour
Mary Abel talk.
1890s / Biographies

Mary Hinman Abel: A Revolutionary in Domestic Science

Mary Hinman Abel: A Revolutionary in Domestic Science Seymour
Ida Bailey Allen, circa 1928.
1920s / 1930s / 1940s / Biographies

Ida Bailey Allen: first TV cooking show

Ida Bailey Allen: first TV cooking show Seymour
Home Economist Irene Ady of Texas.
1940s / Biographies

Beyond the Mills: Texas Heart and Soul of Irene Nevill Aby

Beyond the Mills: Texas Heart and Soul of Irene Nevill Aby Seymour
Dorothy Kirk, magazine food editor.
Biographies

Dorothy W. Kirk, Food Editor: From McCall’s to Woman’s Home Companion

Dorothy W. Kirk, Food Editor: From McCall’s to Woman’s Home Companion Seymour
measuring spoons.
Biographies

Recipe Testers

Recipe Testers Seymour
Biographies

Marye Dahnke, Trailblazer at Kraft

Marye Dahnke, Trailblazer at Kraft Seymour
Biographies

Maria Parloa and the Harriet Beecher Stowe School

Maria Parloa and the Harriet Beecher Stowe School Seymour
Mary Ellis Ames on the radio for Pillsbury in 1935.
Biographies

1935 Pillsbury’s Cookery Club – Radio Show & Booklets by (fictitious) Mary Ellis Ames

1935 Pillsbury’s Cookery Club – Radio Show & Booklets by (fictitious) Mary Ellis Ames Seymour
Lily Haxworth Wallace.
Biographies

Lily Haxworth Wallace: Books, Booklets, & Articles

Lily Haxworth Wallace: Books, Booklets, & Articles Seymour
Grace Viall Gray.
Biographies

Grace Viall Gray – cooking booklet author, radio host, speaker, Illinois Farmers Institute

Grace Viall Gray – cooking booklet author, radio host, speaker, Illinois Farmers Institute Seymour
Caroline B. King
Biographies

Caroline B. King (1867-1947) editor, author for Hershey, Jell-O, &c.

Caroline B. King (1867-1947) editor, author for Hershey, Jell-O, &c. Seymour
Kitchen Klatter magazine author and radio cooking show host, in the kitchen.
Biographies

Longest-Running Cooking Show in Radio History, 60 Years of Kitchen-Klatter

Longest-Running Cooking Show in Radio History, 60 Years of Kitchen-Klatter Seymour
Marion Fisher, portrait.
Biographies

Marian Cole Fisher: Cake for the President

Marian Cole Fisher: Cake for the President Seymour
Biographies

Elizabeth Mann Clark, author, 21 New Recipes for Frozen Desserts

Elizabeth Mann Clark, author, 21 New Recipes for Frozen Desserts Seymour
Lily Haxworth Wallace.
Biographies

Lily Haxworth Wallace, Part I

Lily Haxworth Wallace, Part I Seymour
Mrs. Rose Knox, photographic portrait in black and white.
1920s / Biographies

1929 Dainty Desserts for Dainty People, Knox Gelatine, a woman-owned business

1929 Dainty Desserts for Dainty People, Knox Gelatine, a woman-owned business Seymour
Mrs. Louise P. Lillard of Cincinnati, owner of Snow King Baking Powder company standing at counter with ingredients, mixing batter in a bowl.
Biographies

Woman-owned Southern business, Snow King Baking Powder

Woman-owned Southern business, Snow King Baking Powder Seymour
black and white line art of arrowroot plant.
1930s / Biographies

Del-Nut Desserts crushed by the Depression

Del-Nut Desserts crushed by the Depression Seymour
1920s / Biographies

1925 Waldorf, Princess Royal, and Mistletoe brands – Anne Pierce, author

1925 Waldorf, Princess Royal, and Mistletoe brands – Anne Pierce, author Seymour
A rare depiction of Caroline B. King, 1922. illustration.
1920s / Biographies / Cookbooks and Booklets

What Makes Jellies Jell? Caroline B. King

What Makes Jellies Jell? Caroline B. King Seymour
1926 Floor plan for an eat-in kitchen.
Biographies / Historic Kitchens

1926 Convenient Kitchens by Greta Gray

1926 Convenient Kitchens by Greta Gray Seymour
First commercial cooking show on the radio with a named host, picture of Anna J. Peterson.
Biographies / Cooking Shows

First Radio Cooking Show Celebrity

First Radio Cooking Show Celebrity Seymour
Biographies

Maria Willett Howard, Boston Cooking School principal, cookbook author

Maria Willett Howard, Boston Cooking School principal, cookbook author Seymour
Biographies

Mrs Rorer vs Miss Colling

Mrs Rorer vs Miss Colling Seymour
1930 photo of Janette Kelley of Swansdown flour before working at Pillsbury.
Biographies

The Other Betty Crocker

The Other Betty Crocker Seymour

Vintage Cakes &c.

1935 Blue ribbon winner from Hero, Vermont for Sno-Sheen flour.

1935 Winner of the Pillsbury Blue Ribbon, Ella Way

September 4, 2023November 7, 2023

Dainty Dishes booklet by Maria Parloa.

Maria Parloa COOKBOOKS and BOOKLETS

August 31, 2023October 25, 2023

Watermelon Cake.

1930s New Party Cakes for All Occasions – Gold Medal – Watermelon Cake, etc. – Betty Crocker cake recipe booklet

March 23, 2023October 9, 2023

Boy and a girl eating sandwiches.

The Versatility of Baker’s Yeast: Uncovering Forgotten Uses from Yeast Booklets on eBay

August 2, 2022August 15, 2023

c. 1920: A Selection of Choice Recipes

January 5, 2014August 25, 2023

Kitchen Stories

training a cook, first day luncheon.

Eureka! Cottage Life, Part II: Teaching the Cook, 1880s

September 19, 2023September 20, 2023

Davy Crockett's Tennessee log cabin.

Meal to Meal with Davy Crockett

August 13, 2023August 18, 2023

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