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Mary Florence Hodge
Best known today as the co-author of a charming early-20th-century children's cookbook, this elusive writer helped create a friendly introduction to cooking for young readers. Very little biographical information appears to survive online, which gives her work an intriguing, half-hidden place in literary history.
1 Audiobook
A little girl's cookery book
by Caroline French Benton, Mary Florence Hodge
About the author
Mary Florence Hodge is credited as co-author of A Little Girl’s Cookery Book, originally published in London by Mills & Boon in 1911 with Caroline French Benton. The book was written for young beginners and presents cooking as something playful, practical, and within a child’s reach.
Reliable online sources confirm the book and Hodge’s authorship, but they offer very little else about her life. Major catalog and public-domain records list her name in connection with this title, yet I could not confirm further details such as her birth and death dates, nationality, or broader bibliography from the sources available.
That scarcity makes Hodge a somewhat mysterious figure. Even so, her surviving work still speaks clearly: it reflects an era when publishers were creating accessible household guides for children, and it remains of interest to readers who enjoy vintage cookbooks, domestic history, and early children's nonfiction.