Emma Pike Ewing | |
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| Born | Emma Pike July 1838 Broome County, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 1917 (aged 78) |
| Resting place | Rosemary Cemetery, Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | educator, author |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Subject | cooking |
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Emma Pike Ewing (née, Pike; after first marriage, Smith; after second marriage, Ewing; July 1838 – February 1917) was an American author and educator on housekeeping and cooking. Ewing hailed from New York. After the American Civil War, she served as dean, Chautauqua Assembly Cooking School; professor domestic economy, Iowa Agricultural College; director Model School of Household Economics; and affiliated with Marietta College, Ohio, Model Home School of Household Economics. Her contemporaries included, Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln, Marion Harland, Fannie Merritt Farmer, Sarah Tyson Rorer, Maria Parloa, Gesine Lemcke, Ella Morris Kretschmar, and Linda Hull Larned. Ewing was the author of several cookbooks such as Cooking and Castle-building (1880), Soup and Soup Making (1882), Bread and Bread Making (1883), Salad and Salad Making (1884), A Text-book of Cookery, for Use in Schools (1899), Cookery Manuals (1890), and The Art of Cookery: A Manual for Homes and Schools (1896). She died in 1917.