Flora_Mae_Hunter

Flora Mae Hunter (née Ross, November 29, 1910 or 1911 – December 8, 2003) was an American cook and cookbook author. She was a longtime cook on plantations in northern Florida—in particular, cooking for 36 years at Horseshoe Plantation near Tallahassee, Florida. In 1979 she published a cookbook of recipes from her career cooking for the plantation's workers as well as the owners and guests, called Born in the Kitchen: Plain and Fancy Plantation Fixin's. In 1988, she was awarded a Florida Folk Heritage Award for her contributions to the "cultural resources" of the state.