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Field name | Value |
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Reference | TX715 .R235 1946 |
Library/Archive | Michigan State University |
Title | Recipes from old Virginia |
Author/Creator | The Virginia Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs; Perkins, Mrs N. R. |
Date | 1946 |
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 | Richmond, Virginia, USA |
Publisher | Dietz Press, Incorporated |
Document Type | Printed Cookbook; Domestic Cookbook; Community Cookbook |
Theme | Food Preparation; Global and Ethnic Cuisines; Food, Race and Ethnicity; Food and Gender |
Subjects | cooking techniques recipes beverages fruit commodity: bread baking animal products seafood commodity: cheese commodity: eggs vegetables condiments desserts confectionery canning and preserving pickling spices |
Cuisine | American cuisine; Southern American cuisine |
Description | "… recipes that had been 'passed down' from one generation to another - recipes that, in the past, had brought fame to the cooks and the kitchens of the Old Dominion." |
Countries | United States of America |
Places | Richmond Virginia |
Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation © 2020, by the Michigan State University. All rights reserved. |