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Field name | Value |
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Reference | TX715 .G243 c.2 |
Library/Archive | Michigan State University |
Title | A good heart and a light hand: collection of traditional Negro recipes |
Author/Creator | Gaskins, Ruth L. |
Date | 1968 |
Collection | African American |
Collection Overview | There are over 200 African American cookbooks in the collection dating from the early 19th century to the present. The earliest is a first edition of Robert Roberts, The House Servant’s Directory (1827), the first cookbook written by a Black American and first book on any subject written by a Black American to have been printed by a commercial publisher. Additionally there are charity cookbooks, Black dialect items, and celebrity cookbooks. The collection is complemented by strong holdings in Caribbean cookery and African cookery. |
Place of Publication | Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
Publisher | Inez Kaiser & Associates |
Document Type | Printed Cookbook; Domestic Cookbook; Charity Cookbook |
Theme | Food Preparation; Global and Ethnic Cuisines; Food, Race and Ethnicity |
Subjects | African American race culinary culture cooking techniques recipes |
Cuisine | Midwestern American cuisine |
Description | Includes introduction. Proceeds from the sale of this book went to the Fund for Alexandria, Virginia 'to projects and organisations which primarily benefit Alexandria's Negro citizens.' Recipes donated by home cooks and professionals. Recipes include: stew beef, fried corn, hoe cakes, cornbread, peach fluff, pound cake etc. |
Countries | United States of America |
Places | Kansas City Missouri |
Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation © 2020, by the Michigan State University. All rights reserved. |