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Abby Fisher

1819-1918

Born in 1831 and died in 1890 at age 59. She made a cookbook called "What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking". It was published in 1881. The book had 160 different recipes and her first dish she wrote was beaten biscuit. She was a former slave.

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