Janet McKenzie Hill

Janet McKenzie Hill was an early practitioner of culinary reform, food science and scientific cooking. She wrote many cookbooks.
Hill was born in Westfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of Alexander McKenzie, a clergyman, and Nancy McKenzie. In 1873 she married Benjamin M. Hill. Hill took up the study of cooking and its related sciences later in life: she returned to school around age 40, graduating from the Boston Cooking School in 1892. Fannie Farmer was assistant principal at the time. In 1896 she founded the Boston Cooking School Magazine. Hill produced several cookbooks promoting the products of a particular company, a practice that began during this period. Alice Bradley, an 1897 graduate of the Boston Cooking School, who later bought Miss Farmer's Cooking school and was cooking editor of the Woman's Home Companion for twenty years, got her start doing cooking demonstrations for Hill. Hill died on September 4, 1933, at her home in Chatham, New Hampshire.
A small sample of Hill's work is the baked bean sandwich.

Works

Salads, sandwiches, and chafing dish dainties Little, Brown and Company.
Practical cooking and serving Doubleday, Page & Company.
A Short history of the banana and a few recipes for its use
Cooking for two: a handbook for young housekeepers Little, Brown and Company.
Dainty desserts for dainty people
Cooking and serving en casserole and things we relish
The Book of entrees Little, Brown and Company.
The Up-to-date waitress Little, Brown and Company.
The American cook book; Recipes for everyday use The Boston Cooking-School Magazine Co.
Nyal cook book
Chocolate and cocoa recipes
Canning, preserving, and jelly making Little, Brown and Company.
Cakes, Pastry and Dessert Dishes Little, Brown and Company.
War time recipes
Practical Cooking And Serving
Recipes for everyday
Balanced daily diet
The Rumford Way of Cookery and Household Economy
Cakes, pastry, and dessert dishes Little, Brown and Company.
''The Cooks book''