author
Juliet Corson
1842–1897
A pioneering food educator, she helped turn cooking into practical knowledge for ordinary households and working women. Her books and newspaper writing focused on clear instruction, economy, and nutritious meals people could actually make.
4 Audiobooks
Six Cups of Coffee Prepared for the Public Palate by the Best Authorities on Coffee Making
by Maria Parloa, Helen Campbell, Juliet Corson, Marion Harland, Mary J. (Mary Johnson) Lincoln, Catherine Owen, Hester M. (Hester Martha) Poole
Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six
by Juliet Corson
About the author
Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Juliet Corson became one of the best-known American voices in cookery education in the late 19th century. Sources agree that she died in 1897, though some list her birth year as 1841 and others as 1842.
Corson is remembered for promoting practical, affordable cooking at a time when domestic science was taking shape as a field. She taught cookery, wrote influential household guides, and contributed a weekly food column to The New York Times for several years in the 1870s. Her work emphasized useful kitchen skills, careful household management, and nutritious meals that could be prepared on limited budgets.
She also played an important role in expanding access to cooking instruction for women, especially through organized classes and training programs in New York. That mix of social purpose and hands-on teaching helped make her an important figure in the history of American home cooking.