Margaret J. Mitchell
Margaret J. Mitchell (1869–1952) was an American writer, the dietician of Manhattan State Hospital, New York, and director of domestic science, Drexel Institute, Philadelphia.[1] She subsequently worked at the Bruce School in New York.[2]
She is the author of two books: The Fireless Cook Book: A Manual of the Construction and Use of Appliances for Cooking by Retained Heat,[3][4] and Cereal Foods and Their Preparation.[5] She presented her work on cereal foods at the 1909 Housekeepers' Conference.[6] While working at the Bruce School, Mitchell authored articles that were syndicated in United States's newspapers.[7][8]
References
- ^ Stations, United States Office of Experiment (1909). Circular. 18: U.S. Government Printing Office.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "YWCU Begins Work". The Morris County Chronicle. October 18, 1910. p. 5. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
- ^ Mitchell, Margaret Johnes (1911). The Fireless Cook Book: A Manual of the Construction and Use of Appliances for Cooking by Retained Heat, with 250 Recipes. Doubleday, Page.
- ^ Reviews of The Fireless Cook Book
- "SOME NEW BOOKS ON CULINARY ART; Fireless Cooking, Camp Cooking, and Cooking for a Limited Family Considered in Recent Volumes. (Published 1909)". June 19, 1909. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
- "The Fireless Cookbook". Scientific American. 101 (4): 65. July 24, 1909.
- "Two cook books". Vogue. 33 (22). Condé Nast Publications, Inc. June 3, 1909.
- ^ Mitchell, Margaret Johnes (1908). Course in Cereal Foods and Their Preparation: For Movable Schools of Agriculture. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Housekeepers' conference". Depew Herald. February 11, 1909. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
- ^ Mitchell, Margaret J. (January 21, 1912). "The Kitchen Fire". The Oregon Daily Journal. p. 60. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
- ^ Mitchell, Margaret J. (November 16, 1913). "Menus and recipes for a week from an expert in cookery". The Buffalo Sunday Morning News. p. 9. Retrieved September 29, 2025.