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Sarah Tyson Rorer (18 October 1849 – 27 December 1937) was an American food writer and pioneer in the field of
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. Rorer has been described as the first American
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Biography

She was born at
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, daughter of Charles Tyson Heston, a pharmacist, and Elizabeth Sagers. Rorer received her early education in East Aurora, New York, and was educated in cooking at the New Century School of Cookery, Philadelphia. After she completed school, she herself became a teacher of cooking and dietetics at the New Century Club. In 1884 she founded the Philadelphia School of Cookery. In the course of her career, Mrs. Rorer gave many cooking exhibitions, some of them at the Pennsylvania
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. She was President of the women's auxiliary board of the Pennsylvania Chautauqua. Her most famous demonstrations were at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904, where she was director and manager of the East and West pavilions. She was editor and part owner of ''Table Talk'' from 1886 to 1892, was an editor of ''Household News'' from 1893 to 1897, then was a member of the staff of the ''
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'' until 1911 when ''
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'' secured her services. She was a director of the Pennsylvania Chautauqua School of Domestic Science. Rorer was not a vegetarian but she did author a successful vegetarian cookbook, ''Mrs. Rorer's Vegetable Cookery and Meat Substitutes'' which illustrated how to cook three meatless meals a day. In 1871, she married William Albert Rorer, from whom she separated around 1896. They had three children. Two boys survived them. She died at her home in
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Selected publications

Rorer published many books on cooking which became standard. Among her publications were: *''Philadelphia Cook Book'' (1886) *''Hot Weather Dishes'' (1888) *''Home Candy Making'' (1889) *''How to Cook Vegetables'' (1891) *''Twenty Quick Soups'' (1894) *''Sandwiches'' (1894) *''New Salads for Dinners, Luncheons, Suppers and Receptions, with a Group of Odd Salads and some Ceylon Salads'' (1897) *''Made Over Dishes'' (1898) *''Mrs. Rorer's New Cook Book'' (1902) *''World’s Fair Souvenir Cook Book (1904)'' *''Mrs. Rorer's Every Day Menu Book'' (1905) *''Many Ways of Cooking Eggs'' (1907) *''My Best 250 Recipes'' (1907) *''Mrs. Rorer's Vegetable Cookery and Meat Substitutes'' (1909) *''Dainties'' (1912) *''Diet for the Sick'' (1914) * ''How to Use a Chafing Dish'' * ''Colonial Cookery'' * ''A Book on Diet and Cookery''


Further reading

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Other

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completed doctoral studies in nutrition at
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in 1971, with a thesis titled ''Sarah Tyson Rorer (1849-1937), a Biographical Study''.


External links

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Pennsylvania Center for the Book biography


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rorer, Sarah Tyson 1849 births 1937 deaths American food writers American women journalists Diet food advocates Dietitians Women cookbook writers Writers from Pennsylvania