author

Elizabeth O. Hiller

d. 1941

A prominent American cookbook writer and culinary teacher, she helped bring practical home cooking to a wide audience in the early 1900s. Her books tackled everyday questions with clear, usable ideas, from salads and desserts to thrifty ways to use leftovers.

2 Audiobooks

Fifty-two Sunday dinners : A book of recipes

Fifty-two Sunday dinners : A book of recipes

by Elizabeth O. Hiller

Left-over foods and how to use them : with suggestions regarding the preservation of foods in the home

Left-over foods and how to use them : with suggestions regarding the preservation of foods in the home

by Elizabeth O. Hiller

About the author

Born around 1856, Elizabeth O. Hiller was an American chef, cookbook author, and teacher of culinary arts. She studied at Pratt Institute and the Boston Cooking School, graduating in 1898, and later became principal of the Chicago Domestic Training School.

Her career blended teaching, publishing, and public outreach. She wrote for magazines and newspapers, lectured widely, and even appeared on radio. Her cookbooks included The Corn Cook Book, Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners, and several calendar-style recipe collections designed to answer the everyday question of what to serve.

Hiller's work reflects a practical, home-centered approach to cooking that fit the needs of early twentieth-century American households. She died on August 14, 1941, in Park Ridge, Illinois.