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What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking 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. As Fisher was unable to read or write, she dictated the contents of the book to a group of nine San Francisco and Oakland residents. The book was published by the Women's Cooperative