What Mrs. Fisher knows about old southern cooking, soups, pickles, preserves, etc.
Contributors: Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Women's Co-operative Printing Office
Published: 1881
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Cookery, American -- Southern style
Notes: Believed to be the first cookbook by an African American, who was also an ex-slave.
"Awarded two medals at the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute Fair, 1880, for best pickles and sauces and best assortment of jellies and preserves. Diploma awarded at Sacrameto State Fair, 1879."
LC copy 1 accompanied by a copy of a Washington Post (11-07-95) article about the book.