Florence Greenbaum graduated from Hunter College in New York City, where she
studied food chemistry and diet. She was an instructor in Cooking and Domestic
Science at the Young Women's Hebrew Association and in 1918 published The
International Jewish Cook Book, a kosher cookbook that included a variety
of international. Many of the recipes come from Greenbaum's own household,
dating back through three generations. At the time of publication, Greenbaum
was an instructor and lecturer for the Association of Jewish Home Makers
and the Central Jewish Institute, under the auspices of the Bureau of Jewish
Education (Kehillah), in New York.