Susan (Akin) Crowen (September 1, 1821 – October 7, 1870), was an American writer who published under the name, “Mrs. T.J. Crowen.”
Biography Susan Akin was born in Rensselaer County, New York, and moved with her family to New York City during her infancy.Longworth's American Almanac: New-york Register and City Directory. New York: T. Longworth, 1823. (Her father, Mordecai Akin, first appears in New York City.) She married Thomas J. Crowen, a bookseller and publisher, in 1839,"Married." Commercial Advertiser (New York), March 26, 1839, p. 3. and they had seven daughters and two sons.Susan Crowen. Year: 1860; Census Place: Greenburgh, Westchester, New York; Page: 857; Family History Library Film: 803881.
She wrote all of her books in the mid-1840s, but her two cookbooks were reprinted through the 1850s and 60s,Crowen, Mrs. T.J. The American Lady's System for Cookery: Comprising Every Variety of Information for Ordinary and Holiday Occasions. Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1852.Crowen, Mrs. T.J. American Lady's System of Cookery: Comprising Every Variety of Information for Ordinary and Holiday Occasions. New York: T.J. Crowen, 1860.Crowen, Mrs. T.J. The American Lady's Cookery Book ; Comprising Every Variety of Information for Ordinary and Holiday Occasions. New York: T.R. Dawley, 13 & 15 Park Row, 1864.Crowen, Mrs. T.J. Mrs. Crowen's American Lady's Cookery Book: Comprising Every Variety of Information for Ordinary and Holiday Occasions. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1866.Crowen, Mrs. T.J. The American System of Cookery: Comprising Every Variety of Information for Ordinary and Holiday Occasions. New York: W.E. Hilton, publisher, 128 Nassau Street, 1870. and there have been reprints in the 21st century.Crowen, Mrs. T.J. Every Lady's Cook Book: The American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection. Place of publication not identified: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2013.Crowen, Mrs. T.J. Every Lady's Cook Book (classic Reprint). Place of publication not identified: Forgotten Books, 2015.Crowen, Mrs. T.J. Mrs. Crowen's American Lady's Cookery Book. Place of publication not identified: Hansebooks, 2017.
Bibliography Also known in subsequent editions as Mrs. Crowen's American lady's cookery book.
References
External links Mrs Crowen's American Lady's Cookbook