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1841–1904
A prolific cookbook writer from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she helped bring practical, detailed home cooking to American readers. Her books on desserts, salads, preserving, and chafing-dish cookery still offer a vivid look at everyday kitchen life of the period.
Born in 1841 and active as an author in the United States, she is best known for a series of cookbooks published around the turn of the 20th century. Confirmed works include Desserts and Salads, European and American Cuisine, How to Make Good Things to Eat, Chafing-Dish Recipes, and Preserving and Pickling.
Her writing is straightforward and instructional, with an emphasis on clear recipes and practical household cooking rather than showy presentation. That makes her books useful not only as recipe collections, but also as snapshots of how people cooked and entertained in that era.
She died in 1904. Although detailed biographical information is scarce in the sources I could confirm, her surviving books have kept her name in print and continue to interest readers of culinary history.