{"id":9674,"date":"2021-07-14T07:31:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T11:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=9674"},"modified":"2021-07-07T15:32:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T19:32:19","slug":"what-mrs-fisher-knows-about-old-southern-cooking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2021\/07\/14\/what-mrs-fisher-knows-about-old-southern-cooking\/","title":{"rendered":"What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Until ten years ago, Abby Fisher was known as the first African American woman to publish a cookbook in the United States. The details now known about her life give only the faintest sketch of a woman who worked her way from enslaved cook on the east coast to business owner and author on the west. Much of what we do know was unearthed by Karen Hess, southern cooking historian, who studied Abby Fisher and encouraged the reprinting of her book after a rare copy of Fisher’s book came up for auction (“What Mrs. Fisher Knows About…,” 2021). Because I am a lover of old cookbooks and have been on a hunt for all the fruitcake recipes, and of course Mrs. Fisher had one, I was elated to find Mrs. Fisher’s book online courtesy Michigan State University:\u00a0 https:\/\/n2t.net\/ark:\/85335\/m5tt11<\/a>. I have selected the recipes that look especially interesting to me in order share them here, but do go and check out the whole book!<\/p>\n\n\n\n