Anna Tackmeyer

Anna Tackmeyer
A white woman with dark hair, wearing a chef's hat and glasses
Anna Tackmeyer, from a 1919 publication
Born
Anna Ford

1879 (1879)
DiedMay 28, 1920(1920-05-28) (aged 40–41)
Larchmont, New York, U.S.
OccupationChef

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 for a chemical company for another three years. She was a chef at New York City's Hotel Pennsylvania during World War I. She presided over the Home Cooking Department and its separate all-female kitchen staff. "There 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.

Tackmeyer also lectured on food conservation, and demonstrated baking techniques, especially with alternative flours including soybean flour, oatmeal, buckwheat, and cornmeal. Her recipes for oatmeal bread and apricot fritters appeared in a 1917 cookbook focused on the uses of baking powder.

Personal life

Ford married Mr. Tackmeyer and had a daughter, Hazel, in 1896. Anna Tackmeyer died in 1920, in Larchmont, New York, survived by her daughter.

References

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  2. 1 2 Emmons, Harriet Cole. "Anna Tackmeyer--Chef" Woman's Home Companion (June 1919): 28.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Foster, Elene. "Real Home Cooking on a Restaurant Scale" New York Tribune (March 16, 1919): 9.
  6. ↑ "She Sold Unique Idea to Mr. Statler". The Eastern Underwriter. 24 (30): 11. July 27, 1923 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ "New Cooking Ideas". The Oshkosh Northwestern. 1918-02-25. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-12-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Notes". The Weekly Northwestern Miller. 113: 268. January 23, 1918.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "Tackmeyer (death notice)". The New York Times. 1920-05-30. p. 22. Retrieved 2025-12-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Several Administrators Appointed by Surrogate". The Daily Item. 1920-06-16. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-12-07 – via Newspapers.com.