Event

Fannie Farmer And The Sailing Ships That Brought The World To Her Kitchen

• 03/26/2017 Location: Meets in the Visitor Center, with a walk to Balclutha, | Map Time: 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM Fee Information: Ship admission for Balclutha portion of program. Admission Fee $10, Free for children 15 and younger with adult supervision Contact Name: Mark Neuweld Contact Email: E-Mail Us Contact Phone Number: 415-561-7174
  In 1896, the Boston Cooking school published the Fannie Farmer Cookbook, the first of its kind to take a rigorous, scientific approach to cooking and a nod “…to English thoroughness, French art and Arabian hospitality.” These and other details of Fannie Farmer’s world and cosmopolitan influences will be explored on board Balclutha, an 1886 sailing vessel built during the time when cities such as Boston traded goods from around Cape Horn and beyond. Overcoming physical, social and political constraints, Fannie Farmer’s personal strength and integrity, poise and elegance in the face of adversity helped her become one of the most influential women in the past 150 years.