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Coming in Late Winter/Early Spring 2026!
She’s been described as an “early Martha Stewart,” “America’s first dietitian,” and a “pioneer of domestic science,” yet, in many ways, Sarah Tyson Rorer defies these comparisons. She was internationally known for her pioneering research and education of the public, exhibiting at two World Fairs. It is Mrs. Rorer we can thank for her role in starting Home Economics/Family & Consumer Science classes in schools. Feisty, smart and a leader in healthful diet and exercise, you’ll want to become acquainted with this remarkable woman who loved our Chautauqua and all things Mount Gretna.
The story of this early Mount Gretna and Colebrook resident, all in historic context with plentiful imagery and archival material, will keep you turning the pages. Researched and written by Jean-Paul Benowitz, Director of Public Heritage Studies at Elizabethtown College, designed and illustrated by Kristi Donahue (Mt. Gretna Area Historical Society) and indexed by Michael Trump (Lebanon County Historical Society), this collaboration uncovers remarkable facts and artifacts about an early food expert who campaigned to reform the food we eat, how we prepare it, and how we teach culinary arts. What a timely book for our day and age.