Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper (Illustrated Edition)

Designed Especially to Aid Beginners. Economical Receipts for those who are Cooking for Two or Three. First published in 1893. With illustrations. Parloa (1843-1909) was an American author of books on cooking and housekeeping, the founder of two cookery schools, a noted lecturer on food topics and an important early figure in the "domestic science" (later known as "home economics") movement. A culinary pioneer, she was arguably America's first celebrity cook.