# Want a good free online basic cookbook? Try Fanny Farmers 1896 Boston Cooking School Cook Book

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**Created:** [October 8, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-good-free-online-basic-cookbook-try-fanny-farmers-1896-boston-cooking-school-cook-book/513051 "2009-10-08T14:57:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![the\_first\_supraliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-good-free-online-basic-cookbook-try-fanny-farmers-1896-boston-cooking-school-cook-book/513051/1 "2009-10-08T14:57:05Z")

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This is a great cookbook that covers the time-honored methods. A few bits are quaint, such as how to build the fire in your stove, but in general it would be a great reference any time.

It comes in both [Bartleby.com’s searchable verion](http://www.bartleby.com/87/) and in [historic photos of the original pages](http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/coldfusion/display.cfm?ID=bost&PageNum=10)

More info at [Wiki The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Cooking-School_Cook_Book)

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**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-good-free-online-basic-cookbook-try-fanny-farmers-1896-boston-cooking-school-cook-book/513051/2 "2009-10-08T15:28:51Z")

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This is _cool_. Thanks for the link!!