# Edward Kidder

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'''Edward Kidder''' ([1665/66](/source/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates)–1739) was an 18th-century British [pastry chef](/source/pastry_chef). He worked in Queen Street, [Cheapside](/source/Cheapside) in London and opened two cooking schools.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |author=Timbs, John |url=https://worldcat.org/oclc/650998214 |title=Something for everybody |date=1861 |publisher=Lockwood |oclc=650998214}}</ref>

Kidder is remembered for his [cookbook](/source/cookbook) ''Receipts of Pastry and Cookery For the Use of his Scholars'', based upon classes taught at his London cooking school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=E. Kidder's receipts of pastry and cookery for the use of his scholars : who teaches at his school in Queen Street near St. Thomas Apostles on Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays ... Ladies may be taught at their own houses. |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/44028152/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Guide to Edward Kidder, Receipts for Pastry and Cookery circa 1730 |url=https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.CRMS116 |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=www.lib.uchicago.edu}}</ref> The book was printed using engraved copper [plates](/source/printing_plate). The [frontispiece](/source/Book_frontispiece) showed a portrait of Kidder in a full [wig](/source/wig) and period attire.<ref name=":0" />

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080510111041/http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/diaries/kidder/ Receipts of Pastry and Cookery For the Use of his Scholars, by Ed. Kidder]

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Category:English food writers
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