Anna Tackmeyer
Anna Tackmeyer | |
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Anna Tackmeyer, from a 1919 publication | |
| Born | Anna Ford 1879 |
| Died | May 28, 1920 (aged 40–41) Larchmont, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Chef |
Anna Ford Tackmeyer (1879 – May 28, 1920) was an American chef. During World War I she was a chef at New York City's Hotel Pennsylvania.
Career
Tackmeyer ran a lunchroom at the New York Public Library for three years, and traveled as a baking powder saleswoman[1] for a chemical company for another three years.[2] She was a chef at New York City's Hotel Pennsylvania during World War I.[3] She presided over the Home Cooking Department and its separate all-female kitchen staff.[4][5][6] "There's is no reason why a woman who can cook for ten people cannot cook for ten times as many, and have the cooked food taste as good in one case as in the other.[2]
Tackmeyer also lectured on food conservation,[7] and demonstrated baking techniques,[8] especially with alternative flours including soybean flour, oatmeal, buckwheat, and cornmeal.[9] Her recipes for oatmeal bread and apricot fritters appeared in a 1917 cookbook focused on the uses of baking powder.[10]
Personal life
Ford married Mr. Tackmeyer and had a daughter, Hazel, in 1896. Anna Tackmeyer died in 1920, in Larchmont, New York,[11] survived by her daughter.[12]
References
- ^ "The Electric Shop (advertisement)". The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer. 1916-12-09. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-12-07 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Emmons, Harriet Cole. "Anna Tackmeyer--Chef" Woman's Home Companion (June 1919): 28.
- ^ Robins, Julia (September 1919). "And Eight Who Created Their Jobs; Some Things Men Never Thought Of; Why Not Establish Your Own Business?". The Ladies' Home Journal. 36: 197 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Whitaker, Jan. "From Patrons the Chefs, a History of Women in Restaurants" Archived 2025-05-11 at the Wayback Machine Boston Hospitality Review 3(3)(Fall 2015): 8.
- ^ Foster, Elene. "Real Home Cooking on a Restaurant Scale" New York Tribune (March 16, 1919): 9.
- ^ "She Sold Unique Idea to Mr. Statler". The Eastern Underwriter. 24 (30): 11. July 27, 1923 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "New Cooking Ideas". The Oshkosh Northwestern. 1918-02-25. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-12-07 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tomorrow the Last Day Mrs. Tackmeyer Will Be in the Efficiency Kitchen". Evening star. 1917-04-27. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2025-12-21. Retrieved 2025-12-07 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Notes". The Weekly Northwestern Miller. 113: 268. January 23, 1918.
- ^ Neil, Marion Harris (1917). Ryzon baking book : a practical manual for the preparation of food requiring baking powder. Cornell University Library. New York : General Chemical Co., Food Dept. – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tackmeyer (death notice)". The New York Times. 1920-05-30. p. 22. Retrieved 2025-12-07 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Several Administrators Appointed by Surrogate". The Daily Item. 1920-06-16. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-12-07 – via Newspapers.com.