Biography

Theresa Ruth Berolzheimer was born in 1886 in Missouri. After her family moved to Chicago Heights around the turn of the century she became active in the small Jewish community there, founding the town's first Hebrew school at the age of 17. She attended the University of Illinois in Champaign and in 1908 graduated with a degree in chemical engineering—only the second woman in the school's history to do so.

From 1938 to 1949 she served as director and editor of Culinary Arts Institute (CAI), her name appearing on almost every publication it released—including The American Woman's Cookbook and its many subsequent printings and other major CAI titles like The Encyclopedic Cookbook and The Dairy Cookbook. Her resumé also lists more than two dozen smaller titles, from Body-Building Dishes for Children to 500 Sandwiches. Berolzheimer's last publication for the CAI was 1949's What Will We Eat Today? Pressure Cookery for Every Meal. After that she retired to southern California, where she died in 1965.
Source: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-cookbook-queen/Content?oid=1106100

Books by Ruth Berolzheimer

250 Delectable Desserts
250 Delectable Desserts
2007
Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedia Cookbook
Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedia Cookbook
1988
Culinary Arts Institute Encycl
Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook -- New Revised, Deluxe Edition
1967
The encyclopedia of cooking
The encyclopedia of cooking
1954
The meals-for-two cook book
The meals-for-two cook book
1954
250 fish and sea food recipes
250 fish and sea food recipes
1953
500 delicious salads
500 delicious salads
1953
500 tasty sandwiches
500 tasty sandwiches
1952
250 ways to prepare meat
250 ways to prepare meat
1951
American Womans Cook Book Sear
American Womans Cook Book Sears Roebuck Kenmore Binding
1951
Prudence Penny Binding of the American Woman's Cook Book
Prudence Penny Binding of the American Woman's Cook Book
1950
2000 useful facts about food
2000 useful facts about food
1949
250 superb pies and pastries
250 superb pies and pastries
1949
250 tempting desserts
250 tempting desserts
1949
250 ways to serve fresh vegetables
250 ways to serve fresh vegetables
1949
Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook/Cook Book
Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook/Cook Book
1949
The body building dishes for c
The body building dishes for children cook book
1949
The breads, biscuits and rolls cookbook
The breads, biscuits and rolls cookbook
1949
The sauces, gravies and dressi
The sauces, gravies and dressings cookbook
1949
THE AMERICAN WOMAN'S COOK BOOK
THE AMERICAN WOMAN'S COOK BOOK (National Binding)
1945
The Victory binding of the ame
The Victory binding of the american woman's Cookbook
1944
Military meals at home cook bo
Military meals at home cook book ..
1943
The American woman's food stre
The American woman's food stretcher cook book
1943
The American woman's meals wit
The American woman's meals without meat cook book
1943
The Victory Binding of the Ame
The Victory Binding of the American Woman's Cook Book, Wartime Edition
1943
250 ways to save sugar cook bo
250 ways to save sugar cook book
1942
The dishes mother used to make
The dishes mother used to make cook book
1942
The quick dinners for the woma
The quick dinners for the woman in a hurry cook book
1942
The Sunday night suppers cook
The Sunday night suppers cook book
1942
The wartime cook book, 500 rec
The wartime cook book, 500 recipes, victory substitutes and economical suggestions for wartime needs ..
1942
Victory binding of the America
Victory binding of the American woman's cook book
1942
Victory canning
Victory canning
1942
250 Luscious Refrigerator Desserts
250 Luscious Refrigerator Desserts
1941
500 Tasty Sandwiches (Culinary
500 Tasty Sandwiches (Culinary Arts Institute, No. 14)
1941
The American Woman's Cookbook
The American Woman's Cookbook
1941
The dairy cook book
The dairy cook book
1941
250 Classic Cake Recipes
250 Classic Cake Recipes
1940
250 delicious soups
250 delicious soups
1940
300 Tasty, Healthful Dairy Dis
300 Tasty, Healthful Dairy Dishes
1940
300 ways to serve eggs
300 ways to serve eggs
1940
500 snacks
500 snacks
1940
The dairy book
The dairy book
1940
The Greater American Cook Book
The Greater American Cook Book
1940
Three hundred tasty, healthful
Three hundred tasty, healthful dairy dishes
1940
Woman's world edition of the A
Woman's world edition of the American woman's cook book
1939
Culinary Arts Institute Encycl
Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Ckb