Mary Ann Harriet Margaret Hooper (1829–1904) was an
English
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writer known particularly for her
cookbook
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s, besides
novel
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s and
children's books
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Biography
Hooper began her literary career as editor of the household section of ''
Household Words
''Household Words'' was an English weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens in the 1850s. It took its name from the line in Shakespeare's ''Henry V'': "Familiar in his mouth as household words."
History
During the planning stages, titles origi ...
'', the mid-nineteenth century
magazine
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...
edited by
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...
; the ''
Literary Collector'' praised her management of that section and its practical content and added a distinct character to the magazine. In the 1860s and 1870s she started publishing her own cookbooks, including ''Papers on Cookery'' and ''Handbook for the Breakfast Table''. She was invited to teach cooking classes at the
Crystal Palace School of Arts, Science and Literature where eventually she became a professor of
domestic economy
Home economics, also called domestic science or family and consumer sciences, is a subject concerning human development, personal and family finances, consumer issues, housing and interior design, nutrition and food preparation, as well as texti ...
.
Select bibliography
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*Handbook for the Breakfast Table 1873.
*Wives and Housewives: A Story for the Times 1875.
*Ways and Tricks of Animals 1880.
*Our Dog Prin 1880.
*Lily's Letters from the Farm 1880.
*Nelson's Home Comforts 1882.
*Hints on Cookery 1891.
*For Better For Worse (date unknown Cited in Handbook for the Breakfast Table 1873)
*Papers on Cookery (date unknown Cited in Handbook for the Breakfast Table 1873)
References
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Mary Hooperon ''Mirrormist''
1829 births
1904 deaths
Women cookbook writers
Victorian women writers
Victorian writers
English children's writers
English women novelists
19th-century English women writers
19th-century English novelists
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