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What Mrs. Fisher knows about old southern cooking : soups, pickles, preserves, etc. : in facsimile with historical notes

Title
  1. What Mrs. Fisher knows about old southern cooking : soups, pickles, preserves, etc. : in facsimile with historical notes / by Karen Hess.
Published by
  1. Bedford, Mass. : Applewood Books, [1995]
  2. ©1995
Supplementary content
  1. Publisher description
  2. Contributor biographical information
Author
  1. Fisher, Abby

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Additional authors
  1. Hess, Karen
Description
  1. 94 pages; 19 cm
Summary
  1. "A former slave, Mrs Fisher came from Mobile, Alabama and began cooking for San Francisco society in the late 1870's"--Back cover.
Subject
  1. Cooking, American > Southern style
  2. African American cooking
Genre/Form
  1. Cookbooks.
Contents
  1. Breakfast breads -- Broiled meats -- Croquettes -- Cakes, etc. -- Pickles, sauces, etc. -- Pies, etc. -- Puddings -- Preserves spices, etc. -- Roast meats -- Salads -- Sherbets -- Soups, chowders, etc. -- Miscellaneous.
Call number
  1. JFC 95-1728
Note
  1. Originally published : San Francisco : Women's Cooperative Print. Off., 1881.
  2. "The first African-American cookbook - from 1881-" --Front cover.
  3. "Not being able to read or write myself, and my husband also having been without the advantages of an education -- upon whom would devolve the writing of the book at my dictation -- caused me to doubt whether I would be able to present a work that would give perfect satisfaction. But, after due considerations, I concluded to bring forward a book of my knowledge..." --Preface.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Author
  1. Fisher, Abby, author.
Title
  1. What Mrs. Fisher knows about old southern cooking : soups, pickles, preserves, etc. : in facsimile with historical notes / by Karen Hess.
Publisher
  1. Bedford, Mass. : Applewood Books, [1995]
Copyright date
  1. ©1995
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Connect to:
  1. Publisher description
  2. Contributor biographical information
Local subject
  1. Black author.
Added author
  1. Hess, Karen, contributor.
LCCN
  1. 94042998
ISBN
  1. 1557094039
  2. 9781557094032
Research call number
  1. JFC 95-1728
  2. Sc C 98-416
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