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Lina Meier
Best known for a classic German cookbook, this early 20th-century writer brought traditional recipes and practical kitchen guidance to home cooks in America. Her work remains a favorite for readers curious about German baking, hearty dishes, and old-world household cooking.
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About the author
Lina Wachtelborn Meier was a German-American cookbook writer remembered for The Art of German Cooking and Baking. Public-domain library sources identify her as an author whose work was published in the early 20th century, and the book itself presents her as Mrs. Lina Meier of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Her best-known cookbook is a large, practical collection of roughly 1,250 recipes, covering everything from everyday dishes to breads, cakes, and pastries. What makes it lasting is its clear, useful tone: it was written to help home cooks make traditional German food in a straightforward way.
A surviving frontispiece portrait and public-domain records have helped keep her work visible for modern readers. While biographical details about her life are limited in the sources reviewed, her cookbook has endured as a valued guide to German culinary traditions.