Lucy Grace Allen Explained

Lucy Grace Allen
Death Date:	(aged 98)
Death Place:	Lakeville, Massachusetts, USA
Education:	Miss Farmer's School of Cookery
Occupation:	Cookery teacher, author

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

Biography

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

• 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

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. News: Announcement of death . 6 September 2023 . The Boston Globe . 12 May 1966.