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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Abby, author.

Contributor:

Hess, Karen, contributor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Cookbooks (University of Pennsylvania)

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, American--Southern style.

Cooking, American.

African American cooking.

Genre:

Cookbooks.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copies 1 & 2)

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

[4], 94, [6] pages ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Bedford, Massachusetts : Applewood Books, 1995..

Contents:

Breakfast breads

Broiled meats

Croquettes

Cakes, etc.

Pickles, sauces, etc.

Pies, etc.

Puddings

Preserves, spices, etc.

Roast meats

Salads

Sherbets

Soups, chowders, etc.

Miscellaneous.

Notes:

Originally published : San Francisco : Women's Cooperative Printing Office, 1881.

" ... this is the oldest known Black cookbook published in America. This important collection of 160 authentic old Southern recipes was originally published in San Francisco in 1881 and has only been reprinted once in a limited edition of 100 copies."--Cover.

"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.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy 1 has yellow post-it with "Joanna's" printed in capitals on half-title page.

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Other Format:

Online version: Fisher, Mrs. What Mrs. Fisher knows about old southern cooking.

ISBN:

1557094039 :

9781557094032

OCLC:

31607869

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