Florence White (writer)
Florence White (20 June 1863 in Peckham, London – 12 March 1940 in Fareham, Hampshire) was a food writer. She established the English Folk Cookery Association, and published a number of books on cookery and other domestic subjects.[1]
Biography
White was sent at the age of 18 to live with two elderly aunts in Fareham, where she was introduced to traditional cookery. She later held a number of jobs, including schoolteaching and shopkeeping, before writing her first book, Easy Dressmaking (1891), which was published by the Singer Sewing Machine Company and sold 110,000 copies over eight years.
This was followed by Good Things in England (1932), a traditional cookery book, then Flowers as Food (1934), and an autobiography, A Fire in the Kitchen (1938). Good English Food was published posthumously in 1952. Good Things in England was republished by Persephone Books in 1999 and reprinted in 2003 and 2007.
In later years, White returned to Fareham and established a cookery and domestic training school there.
Folk Cookery Association
The English Folk Cookery Association, founded in 1928, published the Good Food Register, a directory of restaurants and other places that offered English cooking. This was edited by White.
Bibliography
- Easy Dressmaking (1891)
- Good Things in England (1932 and 1999)
- Flowers as Food (1934)
- A Fire in the Kitchen (1938)
- Good English Food (posthumously, 1952)
References
- ↑ Allen, Brigid (2004). H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison, ed. White, Florence Louisa (1863–1940). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2009-08-26.