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Lucy Grace Allen

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Lucy Grace Allen
A line drawing of a woman with short hair and glasses looking to her left.
Drawing of Allen in a Denton Journal article from 1926
Born1867 (1867)
Died(1966-05-10)May 10, 1966 (aged 98)
EducationMiss Farmer's School of Cookery
Occupation(s)Cookery teacher, author

Lucy Grace Allen (1867 – May 10, 1966) was an American cookery teacher and author.

Biography

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Allen studied and then taught at Miss Farmer's School of Cookery (founded by Fannie Farmer) in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1915, together with Minnie S. Turner, Allen co-founded the Boston School of Cookery at 48a Gloucester Street,[1] becoming the new school's director.[2]

In 1926, she was described as having lived her whole life in New England.[3]

An excerpt from her influential Table Service (first edition 1915), once described as "a clear, concise and yet comprehensive exposition of the waitress' duties",[4] was printed in the anthropological anthology Rules and Meanings (1973).

Allen died in Lakeville on May 10, 1966, at the age of 98.[5]

Books

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  • Table Service. 1915.
  • Choice Recipes for Clever Cooks. 1924.
  • A Book of hors d'oeuvres. 1925.
  • Choice Candy Recipes. 1930.
  • Modern Menus and Recipes. 1935.

References

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  1. ^ A Handbook of American Private Schools (1916), p. 382.
  2. ^ "The Boston School of Cookery" Boston Evening Transcript, August 28, 1915.
  3. ^ "Six Traditional New England Dishes", Lyon County Reporter, May 5, 1926.
  4. ^ American Cookery, Volume 34, Issue 2 (1929), p. 161.
  5. ^ "Announcement of death". The Boston Globe. 12 May 1966. Retrieved 6 September 2023.