Offered: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook, Tradition of Good Cooking . Marion Cunningham . Essential for home chefs, here is the great basic American cookbook--with more than 1,990 recipes, plain and fancy-that belongs in every household . Originally published in 1896 as The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer, it became the cookbook that taught generations of Americans how to cook. Completely updating it for the first time since 1979, with this edition, Marion Cunningham made Fannie Farmer once again a household word for a new generation of cooks. Copyright 1990 . What makes this basic cookbook so distinctive is that Marion Cunningham is always at your side with forthright tips and comments, encouraging the beginning cook and inspiring the more adventurous . 1230 Pages 4.25 X 6 7/8 X 2 inches . Paperback .