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What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking

✍️ Fisher, Abby
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🏛 Applewood Books 📅 1995 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9781557094032
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📝 Description: What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking

This is the oldest known African-American cookbook published in America. Originally published in San Francisco in 1881, it contains 160 authentic old Southern recipes and features an informative and authoritative introduction by noted culinary historian, Karen Hess, who specializes in the cuisine of the South.

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