Lucy Grace Allen

Allen studied and then taught at Miss Farmer's School of Cookery (founded by Fannie Farmer) in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1915, together with Minnie S. Turner, Allen co-founded the Boston School of Cookery at 48a Gloucester Street,^[1] becoming the new school's director.^[2]

In 1926, she was described as having lived her whole life in New England.^[3]

An excerpt from her influential Table Service (first edition 1915), once described as "a clear, concise and yet comprehensive exposition of the waitress' duties",^[4] was printed in the anthropological anthology Rules and Meanings (1973).

Allen died in Lakeville on May 10, 1966, at the age of 98.^[5]

• Table Service. 1915.
• Choice Recipes for Clever Cooks. 1924.
• A Book of hors d'oeuvres. 1925.
• Choice Candy Recipes. 1930.
• Modern Menus and Recipes. 1935.