The New International Encyclopædia/Parloa, Maria

PARLOA, pär′lō̇-ä′, Maria (1843—). An American domestic economist, born in Massachusetts. She appeared in Boston as a lecturer on cooking in 1877, was special instructor, or lecturer, at various seminaries in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and gave courses of lessons in sick-room cookery to Harvard medical students. In 1878 she visited Paris for study; in 1881 lectured in Western cities, and in 1882 opened a cooking-school in New York City. Her publications include: Miss Parloa's New Cook Book and Marketing Guide (1882); The Young Housekeeper; Home Economics; and other books of a similar nature.