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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.
The cookbook was initially printed by Yewdale and Sons on April 1, 1901, in a pamphlet format containing 24 cooking lessons and 500 recipes. [9] The cooking lessons were from cooking classes presented by the Settlement House of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which served the needs of recent immigrants from Europe, many of whom were Jewish or Italian.
Recipe page from the 1933 Dispatch Recipe Book, edited by Recipe Editor Bernice Thomas, featuring recipes for Roast Turkey and Chicken Pie. Other recipes in the book included Maple Cream Pie ...
After The French Menu Cookbook was published in English in 1970, his then-revolutionary approach of seasonal menus and close attention to wine pairings began to attract notice in Britain and America. By the time he wrote Simple French Food in 1974, he was one of the most important food writers of the era, with a huge impact on nouvelle cuisine ...
This category contains cookbooks of significant influence or popularity, including books that have served as references of record for major national cuisines, popular or influential books and series of books (especially those that have drastically influenced the cooking and eating habits of their intended audience), and the masterworks of prominent chefs and food writers.
Abby Fisher, sometimes spelled as Abbie Fisher (c. 1831 – 1915) was an American former slave from South Carolina who earned her living as a pickle manufacturer in San Francisco and published the second known cookbook by a Black woman in the United States, after Malinda Russell's Domestic Cook Book: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen (1866).
Dorignac's Food Center—a historic food store on Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie, Louisiana, near New Orleans, known for offering regional specialties [71] Leidenheimer Baking Company —established in 1896, the bakery is best known for its French bread, used for po' boy sandwiches, and other local breads such as muffuletta and ...
The Good Cook was a series of instructional cookbooks published by Time-Life Books 1978-1980 and sold on a month-to-month basis until the early 1990s and edited by cookbook author Richard Olney. [1] Each volume was dedicated to a specific subject (such as fruits or sauces) and was heavily illustrated with photos of cooking techniques. Recipes ...