# Flora Mae Hunter

> Flora Mae Hunter 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.

*American cook and cookbook author*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/flora-mae-hunter

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Chef
- **Category:** Chefs
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1911
- **Died:** 2003-12-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Flora Mae Hunter 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.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 34.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 19.8 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 1.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 71.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 64.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Flora Mae Hunter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Mae_Hunter)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107608646)

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