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Jeanne Jardine

Jeanne Jardine (fl. 1895–1914) was a British domestic writer and columnist on food and household management. Her early published work included the vegetarian recipe articles "Capital Vegetarian Dishes" in The Vegetarian in 1895. She later contributed columns to The Ladies' Field and Woman, wrote chapters for books on home life and gardening, and published the 1910 vegetarian cookbook The Best Vegetarian Dishes I Know, which included 107 recipes and was reviewed in British and American periodicals.

Jeanne Jardine
Cover of The Best Vegetarian Dishes I Know (1910)
Cover of The Best Vegetarian Dishes I Know (1910)
Occupation
  • Writer
  • columnist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Period1895–1914
Subject
  • Food
  • household management
Notable worksThe Best Vegetarian Dishes I Know (1910)

Career

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In April 1895, Jardine published recipes for "Capital Vegetarian Dishes" in The Vegetarian, a periodical of the London Vegetarian Society.[1][2][3]

In 1898, Jardine contributed the chapter "The Responsibilities of a Mother" to The Lady at Home and Abroad.[4] She contributed to The Ladies' Field from 1898 to 1914, including the weekly column "Menage and Means".[5][6] Kate Jackson describes "Jeanne Jardine" as the named cookery adviser for The Ladies' Field and states that she handled cookery correspondence for the magazine.[7] Jardine also wrote "Chats with Young Housewives", a regular column in Woman.[8] In 1909, she authored the chapter "Cooking Vegetables" for The English Vegetable Garden: Written by Experts.[9]

The Best Vegetarian Dishes I Know

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Jardine's The Best Vegetarian Dishes I Know, a cookbook of 107 vegetarian recipes, was published in 1910.[10][11] In the foreword, she wrote:[12]

It is frequently asserted that a vegetarian diet is more costly than a meat diet, but those who adopt it will find that the extra cost of butter, milk, and eggs in a month will compare favourably with the butcher's bill for the same period.

A review in The Guardian described the book as clear and practical. It stated that readers could soon become self-sufficient cooks and referred to the book's account of an omelette technique often omitted from other guides.[13] The Independent called it "helpful to the perplexed cook or housewife who must arrange hot-weather menus."[11] The Guardian Journal described it as a practical cookbook for vegetarians who exclude fish, and noted its use of beans and peas, which the review said deserved more attention in British cooking.[14]

Publications

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Extract from "Capital Vegetarian Dishes", 1895

Articles

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  • "Capital Vegetarian Dishes". The Vegetarian. 8 (14). London Vegetarian Society: 174. 6 April 1895.
  • "Capital Vegetarian Dishes (continued)". The Vegetarian. 8 (15). London Vegetarian Society: 186. 13 April 1895.
  • "Capital Vegetarian Dishes (concluded)". The Vegetarian. 8 (16). London Vegetarian Society: 198. 20 April 1895.

Books

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Chapters

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Columns

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  • "Menage and Means". The Ladies' Field. 1898–1914.
  • "Chats with Young Housewives". Woman.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Capital Vegetarian Dishes". The Vegetarian. 8 (14). London Vegetarian Society: 174. 6 April 1895.
  2. ↑ "Capital Vegetarian Dishes (continued)". The Vegetarian. 8 (15). London Vegetarian Society: 186. 13 April 1895.
  3. ↑ "Capital Vegetarian Dishes (concluded)". The Vegetarian. 8 (16). London Vegetarian Society: 198. 20 April 1895.
  4. ↑ Shirreff, Emily A. The Kindergarten at Home (5th (revised and illustrated) ed.). London: Abbot. Jones & Co. p. 203 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ "Results for: "by jeanne jardine"". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
  6. ↑ "The Ladies Field. No. 517. February 8th 1908". Prints and Ephemera. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
  7. ↑ Jackson, Kate (2001). "Femininity, Consumption, Class and Culture in the Ladies' Paper". George Newnes and the New Journalism in Britain, 1880–1910: Culture and Profit. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. p. 220. ISBN 0-7546-0317-2.
  8. ↑ Warren, L. H. (May 2000). For All Sorts and Conditions of Women: An Analysis of the Construction of Meaning and Identity in Woman Magazine, 1890–1910 (PhD thesis). Liverpool John Moores University. p. 3. doi:10.24377/LJMU.T.00007345.
  9. ↑ Jardine, Jeanne (1909). "Cooking Vegetables". The English Vegetable Garden: Written by Experts. London: "Country Life" Ltd. – via Internet Archive.
  10. ↑ Spencer, Colin (1996). The Heretic's Feast: A History of Vegetarianism. UPNE. ISBN 978-0-87451-760-6.
  11. 1 2 "Literary Notes". The Independent: 100. 13 July 1911 – via Internet Archive.
  12. ↑ Shurtleff, William; Aoyagi, Akiko, eds. (7 March 2022). History of Vegetarianism and Veganism Worldwide (1430 BCE to 1969): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook (PDF). Lafayette, California: Soyinfo Center. p. 763. ISBN 978-1-948436-73-1.
  13. ↑ "The Best Vegetarian Dishes I Know". The Guardian. 9 June 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-03-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "The Best Vegetarian Dishes I Know". The Guardian Journal. 31 January 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-03-19 – via Newspapers.com.
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