N.Y.). Young Ladies' Society First Baptist Church (Rochester

The Young Ladies’ Society of the First Baptist Church in Rochester, New York, is credited as the compiler of Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, a community cookbook that has been preserved and reissued through public-domain archives. Rather than a single named writer, this was a church society whose members gathered recipes for use by home cooks in their community.

That makes the “author” especially interesting: the book comes out of a collective voice. Cookbooks like this often mixed everyday recipes with a sense of local identity, offering a small but vivid record of domestic life, social networks, and shared tastes in their time.

Because the available sources identify the author as an organization rather than an individual person, I couldn’t confirm a suitable portrait of a specific author. In this case, the group itself is the real creator behind the book’s character and lasting appeal.