What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking
What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking is a cookbook written in 1881 by former slave Abby Fisher, who had moved from Mobile, Alabama, to San Francisco. It was believed to be the first cookbook written by an African-American, before Malinda Russell's Domestic Cook Book: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen (1866) was rediscovered.[1][2]
As Fisher was unable to read or write, she dictated the contents of the book to a group of nine San Francisco and Oakland residents. The book was published by the Women's Cooperative Printing Office in San Francisco.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Marcie Cohen Ferris (22 September 2014). The Edible South: The Power of Food and the Making of an American Region. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 89–90 etc. ISBN 978-1-4696-1769-5.
- 1 2 Mrs. Fisher; Karen Hess (1995). What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking: Soups, Pickles, Preserves, Etc. : in Facsimile with Historical Notes. Applewood Books. pp. 75–85. ISBN 978-1-55709-403-2.
External links
- What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking at Faded Page (Canada)
- What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking at archive.org
- Sweet Potato Pie Recipe by an African Slave, Cookbook printed in 1881 at everythingpies.com
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