Fannie's Last Supper: Re-creating One Amazing Meal from Fannie

Fannie's Last Supper: Re-creating One Amazing Meal from Fannie Farmer's 1896 Cookbook

In the mid-1990s, Chris Kimball moved into an 1859 Victorian townhouse on the South End of Boston and, as he became accustomed to the quirks and peculiarities of the house and neighborhood, he began to wonder what it was like to live and cook in that era. In particular, he became fascinated with Fannie Farmerâ€™s Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. Published in 1896, it was the best-selling cookbook of its ageâ€”full of odd, long-forgotten ingredients, fascinating details about how the recipes were concocted, and some truly amazing dishes (as well as some awful ones).

In Fannieâ€™s Last Supper, Kimball describes the experience of re-creating one of Fannie Farmerâ€™s amazing menus: a twelve-course Christmas dinner that she served at the end of the century. Kimball immersed himself in composing twenty different recipesâ€”including rissoles, Lobster Ã€ lâ€™AmÃ‰ricaine, Roast Goose with Chestnut Stuffing and Jus, and Mandarin Cakeâ€”with all the inherent difficulties of sourcing unusual animal parts and mastering many now-forgotten techniques, including regulating the heat on a coal cookstove and boiling a calfâ€™s head without its turning to mush, all sans food processor or oven thermometer. Kimballâ€™s research leads to many hilarious scenes, bizarre tastings, and an incredible armchair experience for any reader interested in food and the Victorian era.

Fannieâ€™s Last Supper includes the dishes from the dinner and revised and updated recipes from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. A culinary thriller. it offers a fresh look at something that most of us take for grantedâ€”the American table.

Country	USA
Author	Chris Kimball
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Kimball, Christopher
EAN	9781401323226
Edition	1st
Feature	Cooking history, Fannie Farmer
ISBN	1401323227
Label	Hyperion
Manufacturer	Hyperion
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	272
PublicationDate	2010-10-05
Publisher	Hyperion
ReleaseDate	2010-10-05
Studio	Hyperion

Fannie's Last Supper: Re-creating One Amazing Meal from Fannie Farmer's 1896 Cookbook

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