Inventor Anna Mangin
Before The Electric Mixer Cooks Used The Pastry Fork
This portraiture project was based on prompts from the 2024 Theydrawtober challenge by They-Draw.com. I focused biography over image. Instead of drawing food or baked good I created a portrait of an inventor or innovator. Life experiences make a person. Accomplishments by the people I illustrated couldn’t be overlooked. I included a bit of their individual history with their portrait.
This Is Anna Mangin
Anna Mangin is best known for inventing the pastry fork, a precursor of many modern electric mixing inventions. On March 1, 1892, she was awarded a patent (U.S. Patent Number 470,505) for the device. Designed with angular tines and cutters that allowed the user to beat eggs, mash potatoes, prepare salad dressing, and work together butter and flour without having to touch the food with his or her hands, the kitchen tool revolutionized kitchen labor. With this invention, Mangin paved the way for future cooking gadgets to shorten cooking durations and alleviate the physical strain of kneading, mixing, and mashing by hand.
Source, @blackpasthistory