Johanna Friederika Henriette Katharina Davidis was a German cookbook writer. Although many similar cookbooks had been published by then, amongst others Sophie Wilhelmine Scheibler's Allgemeines deutsches Kochbuch für bürgerliche Haushaltungen in several editions, Davidis' Praktisches Kochbuch became the reference...
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birthplace of Henriette Davidis in Wengern
Haus Martfeld near Schwelm. Henriette lived there from 1816 to 1818 with her sister Elisabeth.
Haus Heine: Here Henriette Davidis lived during her time in Sprockhövel (1841-1848), the period during which Praktisches Kochbuch was published.
Grave on Dortmund's Ostenfriedhof
"Pracktisches Kochbuch für die gewöhnliche und feinere Küche : zuverlässige u. selbstgeprüfte Recepte ...", 3st ed, 1847PDF, 471 p. 28 MB
Davidis cookbook, 41st ed., 1904Writers born in the 1800s 6
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Johanna Friederika Henriette Katharina Davidis was a German cookbook writer. Although many similar cookbooks had been published by then, amongst others Sophie Wilhelmine Scheibler's Allgemeines deutsches Kochbuch für bürgerliche Haushaltungen in several editions, Davidis' Praktisches Kochbuch became the reference cookbook of the late 19th and early 20th century, a standard in German households. The large number of second-hand copies still available, frequently heavily annotated, are proof that the books were in much use. In many families Praktisches Kochbuch was handed down through the generations.
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