Author: annewillan

Culinary historian Anne Willan “has melded her passions for culinary history, writing, and teaching into her fascinating new book” (Chicago Tribune) that traces the origins of American cooking through profiles of twelve influential women–from Hannah Woolley in the mid-1600s to Fannie Farmer, Julia Child, and Alice Waters–whose recipes and ideas changed the way we eat. Anne Willan, … Anne Willan, multi-award-winning culinary historian, cookbook writer, teacher, and founder of La Varenne Cooking School in Paris, explores the lives and work of women cookbook authors whose essential books have defined cooking over the past three hundred years. Beginning with the first…