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Field name | Value |
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Reference | TX715.2.L68 O85 1949 |
Library/Archive | Michigan State University |
Title | Plantation cookery of old Louisiana |
Author/Creator | Ott, Eleanore |
Date | 1944 |
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 | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
Publisher | Harmanson |
Document Type | Printed Cookbook; Domestic Cookbook |
Theme | Food Preparation; Global and Ethnic Cuisines; Food, Race and Ethnicity; Food and Gender |
Subjects | cooking techniques recipes desserts fruit canning and preserving baking commodity: bread game vegetables pickling spices |
Cuisine | American cuisine; Southern American cuisine |
Description | Southern/plantation cooking; not just about good food, but also about its sentimental and historical appeal. Highlights the African diaspora. |
Countries | United States of America |
Places | New Orleans Louisiana |
Additional Information | Second edition. |
Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation © 2020, by the Michigan State University. All rights reserved. |