Elizabeth O. Hiller

Elizabeth O. Hiller (circa 1856 – August 14, 1941) was a prominent early twentieth-century American author of cookbooks and a professor of culinary arts.[1][2][3]

Elizabeth O. Hiller
Borncirca 1856
DiedAugust 14, 1941(1941-08-14) (aged 84–85)
Park Ridge, Illinois
Occupationchef, cookbook writer
Years active1898–1936
Notable work
The Corn Cook Book

Career

Hiller attended the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and the Boston Cooking School,[4] graduating in its class of 1898. She was later the principal of the Chicago Domestic Training School,[4] which was located at 53 Dearborn Street in Chicago.[5][6]

In 1905, The Women's Home Companion invited six leading cooking personalities to submit columns with their favorite recipes in a contest to select a new regular columnist. Hiller participated and lost to Fannie Farmer.[7]

She contributed a regular column to the magazine Chef, Steward and Housekeeper,[8] and wrote recipes for the Chicago Tribune[9] which were also published in other newspapers across the United States. She regularly lectured on culinary topics, at shows and expositions,[10] to clubs and societies around the country,[11] and on radio.[12] Her recipe or menu calendars were still being published in the early 1930s.[13][14]

Hiller participated in advertising for various products, including gas ranges[15] and fruited cereal.[16]

Personal life

Hiller was married to Jackson Hiller. She died on 14 August 1941, aged 85, at the home of a daughter in Park Ridge, Illinois.[9]

Selected works
  • Hiller, Elizabeth O. The Calendar of Cakes, Fillings and Frostings: Recipes of 365 Different Cakes and Cookies, As Well As Frostings and Fillings. Joliet, Ill: P. F. Volland Company. OCLC 6134998
  • Hiller, Elizabeth O. Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners". Chicago: N. K. Fairbank Company, 1915.[17]
  • Hiller, Elizabeth O. The Calendar of Luncheons, with 52 Practical Sunday Evening Suppers. 365 Answers to the Daily Question: "What Shall We Have for Luncheon?". Chicago: P. F. Volland & Co, 1916. OCLC 38724263
  • Hiller, Elizabeth O. The Calendar of Salads; 365 Answers to the Daily Question: "What Shall We Have for Salad?". New York: P. F. Volland Co, 1916. OCLC 2314741
  • Hiller, Elizabeth O. The Calendar of Desserts: 365 Answers to the Daily Question : "What Shall We Have for Dessert.". New York: P. F. Volland & Co, 1916. . OCLC 679360020
  • Hiller, Elizabeth O. The Corn Cook Book. Chicago: P. F. Volland Company, 1918. War edition. OCLC 441937808[18]
  • Hiller, Elizabeth O. Left-Over Foods and How to Use Them, With Suggestions Regarding the Preservation of Foods in the Home. 1910. OCLC 13343068
  • Hiller, Elizabeth O. New Dinners for All Occasions: With Instructions for Formal and Informal Dinner Service. Joliet, Ill: P. F. Volland, 1920. OCLC 6130210
  • Hiller, Elizabeth O. The New Calendar of Salads; 365 Answers to the Daily Question: "What Shall We Have for Salad?". Joliet: P. F. Volland Co, 192?. OCLC 767922944.
  • Hiller, Elizabeth O. Your Daily Kitchen Companion. Learn a Little, Save a Little Every Day. Chicago: P.F. Volland Company, 1918. OCLC 38724435[19]

References
  1. Driver, Elizabeth (2008). Culinary Landmarks: A Bibliography of Canadian Cookbooks, 1825-1949. University of Toronto Press. p. 579. ISBN 9780802047908. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  2. "Ryzon". The Ladies' Home Journal. 34: 36. August 1917.
  3. "Ryzon". The Ladies' Home Journal. 34: 91. March 1917. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  4. "Chafing Dish Queen - Mrs. Hiller Teaches Society Folk to Cook Rarebits and Such". Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. January 21, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  5. "News and Notes". The Boston Cooking-School Magazine of Culinary Science and ... 5: 195. 1900.
  6. "Calendar of Dinners First Edition - Elizabeth O. Hiller - Bauman Rare Books". www.baumanrarebooks.com.
  7. Shapiro, Laura (2009). Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0520257382. OCLC 1039375155. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  8. "On Our Exchange Table". Domestic Science Monthly. 2–4: 125. 1901.
  9. "Obituaries. Mrs. Elizabeth O. Hiller". Chicago Tribune. August 16, 1941. p. 10. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  10. "Corn Cooking Show - Kitchen at National Exposition to Arouse Housewives' Wonder - Expert Cook to Preside". The Atchison Daily Globe. Atchison, Kansas. September 19, 1907. p. 7.
  11. "Cooking School Assured for Twin Cities; The Art of Entertaining". St. Joseph Daily Press. Col. 4 and Col. 6. March 24, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved December 15, 2018.CS1 maint: location (link)
  12. "Radio. WMAQ, Chicago". The Baltimore Sun. December 18, 1924. p. 8. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  13. "Frederick Loeser & Co ad". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 26 November 1926. p. 10. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  14. "The Canadian Department Stores Ad". The Ottawa Citizen. Col. 8, lower right. January 22, 1932. p. 5. Retrieved December 15, 2018.CS1 maint: location (link)
  15. "Cooking Lectures at Spokane". Gas Age. 27: 860–861. November 1, 1909. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  16. Fruited Cereal Co. (February 26, 1919). "ENDORSED! By one of the most famous cooks in America!". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  17. Greene, Bert (July 8, 1987). "Bring back those old time Sunday dinners". Daily News. New York, New York. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  18. Gardner, Jill Anne (May 29, 1983). "A corn cutter is the kind of utensil that can make a tight scrape easy". Chicago Tribune. p. S13: 3. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  19. Pyzik, Anita (2 December 1974). "Housewives Battled War In Kitchen With Patriotic, Conservative Cook Book". Lansing State Journal. Lansing, Michigan. p. D1. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
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