E. G. Fulton

{{Short description|Canadian-American businessperson and writer (1867–1949)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = E. G. Fulton

| image = E. G. Fulton.png

| caption = Fulton, {{circa|1910}}

| other_names = Edward Guyles Fulton

| birth_name = Edwin Giles Fulton

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1867|1|6}}

| birth_place = Nova Scotia, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|1|16|1867|1|6}}

| death_place = Vista, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California

| citizenship = {{Hlist|Canadian|American}}

| occupation = Businessperson, writer

| known_for = Vegetarian businesses and cookbook

| spouse = {{Marriage|Nelly Coolidge|1889}}

| signature = Signature of E. G. Fulton.png

| notable_works = Vegetarian Cook Book: Substitutes for Flesh Foods (1904)

}}

Edwin Giles Fulton{{NoteTag|His name is sometimes recorded as Edward Guyles Fulton.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Fulton, E. G. (Edward Guyles), 1867- |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87890572.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Library of Congress}} However, his legal name was Edwin Giles Fulton.}} (January 6, 1867 – January 16, 1949) was a Canadian-American businessperson and cookbook writer. A Seventh-day Adventist, he authored the Vegetarian Cook Book: Substitutes for Flesh Foods in 1904 and operated several vegetarian restaurants, hospitals, and sanitariums in the U.S.

Biography

= Early and personal life =

Edwin Giles Fulton was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, on January 6, 1867.{{Cite web |title=Edwin Giles Fulton |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPNL-C4S?lang=en |url-access=registration |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=California, Death Index, 1940-1997 |via=FamilySearch}} He came to the U.S. as a child.{{Cite news |date=1949-01-20 |title=E. G. Fulton Dies at Home Here in Retirement |url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://vistahistoricalsociety.com/archive/the-vista-press-archives/1949-01-20/download?p=1 |access-date=2025-03-25 |work=The Vista Press |pages=5}} On December 20, 1889, while living in Oakland, California, he married Nelly Coolidge, from Iowa.{{cite news |date=1889-12-21 |title=Marriage Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/67997679/?article=1bbdeb14-120b-4e10-9e45-adfc7397a4ca&terms=%22Marriage%20Record%22&match=1 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-03-25 |work=Oakland Tribune |pages=6}}

= Business and institutional management =

Fulton operated vegetarian restaurants in several cities,{{Cite book |last=Fulton |first=E. G. |url=https://archive.org/details/substitutesforfl00fultrich |title=Vegetarian Cook Book: Substitutes for Flesh Foods |date= |publisher=Pacific Press Publishing Company |year=1904 |location=Oakland, California |page=[https://archive.org/details/substitutesforfl00fultrich/page/4/mode/1up 4] |language=en}} including the Vegetarian Cafeteria in Los Angeles, which he operated for several years.{{Cite book |last=Comstock |first=Belle Wood |author-link=Belle Wood-Comstock |url=https://archive.org/details/homedietitiansc00comsgoog |title=The Home Dietitian: Scientific Dietetics Practically Applied |date= |publisher=Pasadena Star-News Publishing Co. |year=1919 |pages=169 |language=en |via=Internet Archive}} He also managed several Seventh-day Adventist hospitals and sanitariums in Glendale, Washington; Washington, D.C.; Boulder, Colorado; and other locations.

Fulton was a director of the Sanitarium Food Company, owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.{{Cite book |url=https://www.end-times-prophecy.org/1905-yearbook-sda.pdf |title=1905 Year Book of the Seventh-day Adventist Denomination |publisher=Review and Herald Publishing Association |year=1905 |pages=110 |language=en}} In 1906, Fulton, along with H. H. Haynes, participated in discussions regarding the production of corn flakes for the Pacific Coast. They traveled to Battle Creek to propose that the Sanitarium Health Food Company oversee the manufacturing. According to W. C. White, Fulton and Haynes were informed that John Harvey Kellogg and W. K. Kellogg planned to establish an independent factory, separate from denominational food enterprises. They declined proposals for the St. Helena Sanitarium Food Company to produce corn flakes, citing concerns about the viability of business ventures associated with the denomination.{{Cite web |title=A Critique of the Book Prophetess of Health |url=https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/776.1513#1527 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Ellen G. White Writings}}

= ''Vegetarian Cook Book'' =

File:Vegetarian Cook Book Substitutes for Flesh Foods.png

In 1904, Fulton published the Vegetarian Cook Book: Substitutes for Flesh Foods.{{NoteTag|Sometimes titled as Substitutes for Flesh Foods: Vegetarian Cook Book.}} He asserted that "The prevalence of disease among animals is leading hundreds of men and women to avoid flesh foods and to turn to the more natural diet of nuts, grains, fruits and vegetables."{{Cite web |last=Johanna |first= |date=2008-04-13 |title=The Nut Roast in History |url=https://gggiraffe.blogspot.com/2008/04/nut-roast-in-history.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Green Gourmet Giraffe}} The book contributed to the redefinition of vegetarian cuisine by emphasizing meat substitutes to enhance its appeal.

Among the alternatives featured in the cookbook was protose, a plant-based meat substitute made from wheat gluten, peanut butter, and cereal, which was primarily marketed by John Harvey Kellogg.{{Cite web |last=DeRoy |first=Mairead |date=2019-12-02 |title=A Meatless Menu |url=https://docstudio.org/2019/12/02/a-meatless-menu/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=digital Humanities studio |publisher=Loyola University New Orleans Department of History |language=en}} However, the primary meat alternative in the book was nuts, with the book featuring two of the earliest nut roast recipes. Additionally, peanut butter was included in many recipes.{{Cite web |last=Harbster |first=Jennifer |date=2011-08-30 |title=As American as Peanut Butter and Jelly |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2011/08/as-american-as-peanut-butter-and-jelly/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=The Library of Congress}}

Following the publication of his book, Fulton's restaurants attracted a growing number of patrons interested in vegetarianism, reportedly filling daily with hundreds of converts to the diet. The success of his dining establishments contributed to the demand for an expanded edition of The Vegetarian Cook Book, published in 1910, which provided additional recipes and guidance on preparing meat substitutes.{{cite news |date=1910-09-03 |title=Vegetarian Cook Book |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/430883519/?terms=%22Vegetarian%20Cook%20Book%22&match=1 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-03-25 |work=The Boston Globe |pages=11}}

= Death =

Fulton retired around 1941 to Vista, California. He died there at his home after a long illness on January 16, 1949, at the age of 82. On January 18, he was buried at Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery.

Publications

Vegetarian Cook Book: Substitutes for Flesh Foods (Oakland, California: Pacific Press Publishing Company, 1904)

Notes

References

External links

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[https://chestofbooks.com/food/vegetarian/Vegetarian-CookBook/index.html Vegetarian Cook Book: Substitutes for Flesh Foods] (web version)

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