Florence White (writer)

Florence White
Born(1863 -06-20)June 20, 1863
Peckham
DiedMarch 12, 1940(1940-03-12) (aged 76)
Fareham
OccupationFood writer
LanguageEnglish

Florence White (20 June 1863 – 12 March 1940) was an English food writer, the daughter of Richard White and Harriet Jane Thirkell.[1] She established the English Folk Cookery Association in 1928 and published books on cookery and other domestic subjects.[2] Her cookery book Good Things in England remains in print.[3][4]

  1. ^ White, Florence (1938). A Fire in the Kitchen: The Autobiography of a Cook. J.M. Dent.
  2. ^ Allen, Brigid (2004). "White, Florence Louisa (1863–1940)". In H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50486. Retrieved 26 August 2009. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Bookseller page Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  4. ^ Elizabeth Driver, ed., "White, Miss Florence" in: Culinary Landmarks: A Bibliography of Canadian Cookbooks, 1825–1949.