Ann Cook

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AC , whose work was first published in 1754, is one of the most imaginative cookery-book writers on record; her book includes poetry and story-telling.

Milestones

Late 1690s

This was probably the date of birth of the future AC . The homely Cottage
Cook, Ann. Professed Cookery. White.
iii-x
in which she first saw the light may have been in County Durham.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1754

AC was provoked by the success of Hannah Glasse 's anonymous Art of Cookery to write her own work in the same genre: Professed Cookery.
The ESTC lists only one surviving copy of the original edition, in Newcastle Central Library , Newcastle upon Tyne. B. Clermont 's The Professed Cook, 1769, is a work translated from French, consisting entirely of recipes, which was frequently reprinted.

Biography

Birth and Origins

Late 1690s

This was probably the date of birth of the future AC . The homely Cottage
Cook, Ann. Professed Cookery. White.
iii-x
in which she first saw the light may have been in County Durham.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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