Elizabeth O. Hiller Explained
Elizabeth O. Hiller |
Birth Date: | circa 1856 |
Death Place: | Park Ridge, Illinois |
Occupation: | chef, cookbook writer |
Years Active: | 1898–1936 |
Notable Works: | The Corn Cook Book |
Elizabeth O. Hiller (circa 1856 – August 14, 1941) was a prominent early twentieth-century American author of cookbooks and a professor of culinary arts.[1] [2] [3]
Career
Hiller attended the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and the Boston Cooking School,[4] graduating in its class of 1898. She was later the principal of the Chicago Domestic Training School,[4] which was located at 53 Dearborn Street in Chicago.[5] [6]
In 1905, The Women's Home Companion invited six leading cooking personalities to submit columns with their favorite recipes in a contest to select a new regular columnist. Hiller participated and lost to Fannie Farmer.[7]
She contributed a regular column to the magazine Chef, Steward and Housekeeper,[8] and wrote recipes for the Chicago Tribune[9] which were also published in other newspapers across the United States. She regularly lectured on culinary topics, at shows and expositions,[10] to clubs and societies around the country,[11] and on radio.[12] Her recipe or menu calendars were still being published in the early 1930s.[13] [14]
Hiller participated in advertising for various products, including gas ranges[15] and fruited cereal.[16]
Personal life
Hiller was married to Jackson Hiller. She died on 14 August 1941, aged 85, at the home of a daughter in Park Ridge, Illinois.[9]
Selected works
- Hiller, Elizabeth O. The Calendar of Cakes, Fillings and Frostings: Recipes of 365 Different Cakes and Cookies, As Well As Frostings and Fillings. Joliet, Ill: P. F. Volland Company.
- Hiller, Elizabeth O. Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners". Chicago: N. K. Fairbank Company, 1915.[17]
- Hiller, Elizabeth O. The Calendar of Luncheons, with 52 Practical Sunday Evening Suppers. 365 Answers to the Daily Question: "What Shall We Have for Luncheon?". Chicago: P. F. Volland & Co, 1916.
- Hiller, Elizabeth O. The Calendar of Salads; 365 Answers to the Daily Question: "What Shall We Have for Salad?". New York: P. F. Volland Co, 1916.
- Hiller, Elizabeth O. The Calendar of Desserts: 365 Answers to the Daily Question : "What Shall We Have for Dessert.". New York: P. F. Volland & Co, 1916. https://books.google.com/books?id=39YqAAAAYAAJ.
- Hiller, Elizabeth O. The Corn Cook Book. Chicago: P. F. Volland Company, 1918. War edition. [18]
- Hiller, Elizabeth O. Left-Over Foods and How to Use Them, With Suggestions Regarding the Preservation of Foods in the Home. 1910.
- Hiller, Elizabeth O. New Dinners for All Occasions: With Instructions for Formal and Informal Dinner Service. Joliet, Ill: P. F. Volland, 1920.
- Hiller, Elizabeth O. The New Calendar of Salads; 365 Answers to the Daily Question: "What Shall We Have for Salad?". Joliet: P. F. Volland Co, 192?. .
- Hiller, Elizabeth O. Your Daily Kitchen Companion. Learn a Little, Save a Little Every Day. Chicago: P.F. Volland Company, 1918. [19]
Notes and References
- Book: Driver . Elizabeth . Culinary Landmarks: A Bibliography of Canadian Cookbooks, 1825-1949 . 2008 . University of Toronto Press . 9780802047908 . 579 . October 23, 2018.
- The Ladies' Home Journal . August 1917 . 34 . 36. Ryzon .
- The Ladies' Home Journal . Ryzon. March 1917 . 34 . 91 . October 27, 2018.
- News: Chafing Dish Queen - Mrs. Hiller Teaches Society Folk to Cook Rarebits and Such . December 15, 2018 . Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News . January 21, 1899 . Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania . 2.
- News and Notes . The Boston Cooking-School Magazine of Culinary Science and ... . 1900 . 5 . 195 .
- Web site: Calendar of Dinners First Edition - Elizabeth O. Hiller - Bauman Rare Books. www.baumanrarebooks.com.
- Book: Shapiro . Laura . Laura Shapiro . Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century . 2009 . University of California Press . Berkeley . 978-0520257382 . 101 . 1039375155. October 27, 2018.
- On Our Exchange Table . Domestic Science Monthly . 1901 . 2–4 . 125 .
- News: Obituaries. Mrs. Elizabeth O. Hiller . December 15, 2018 . Chicago Tribune . August 16, 1941 . 10.
- News: Corn Cooking Show - Kitchen at National Exposition to Arouse Housewives' Wonder - Expert Cook to Preside . The Atchison Daily Globe . September 19, 1907 . Atchison, Kansas . 7.
- News: Cooking School Assured for Twin Cities; The Art of Entertaining . December 15, 2018 . St. Joseph Daily Press . March 24, 1908 . Col. 4 and Col. 6 . 1.
- News: Radio. WMAQ, Chicago . December 15, 2018 . The Baltimore Sun . December 18, 1924 . 8.
- News: Frederick Loeser & Co ad . December 15, 2018 . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . 26 November 1926 . 10.
- News: The Canadian Department Stores Ad . December 15, 2018 . The Ottawa Citizen . January 22, 1932 . Col. 8, lower right . 5.
- Cooking Lectures at Spokane . Gas Age . November 1, 1909 . 27 . 860–861 . October 27, 2018.
- News: Fruited Cereal Co. . ENDORSED! By one of the most famous cooks in America! . 15 December 2018 . The Baltimore Sun . February 26, 1919 . Baltimore, Maryland . 5.
- News: Greene . Bert . Bring back those old time Sunday dinners . December 15, 2018 . Daily News . July 8, 1987 . New York, New York.
- News: Gardner . Jill Anne . A corn cutter is the kind of utensil that can make a tight scrape easy . December 15, 2018 . Chicago Tribune . May 29, 1983 . S13: 3.
- News: Pyzik . Anita . Housewives Battled War In Kitchen With Patriotic, Conservative Cook Book . December 15, 2018 . Lansing State Journal . 2 December 1974 . Lansing, Michigan . D1.