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Field name | Value |
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Reference | TX715 .C724 1933a |
Library/Archive | Michigan State University |
Title | The Savannah cook book: a collection of old fashioned receipts from colonial kitchens |
Author/Creator | Colquitt, Harriet Ross |
Date | 1933 |
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 | Charleston, South Carolina, USA |
Publisher | Colonial Publishers |
Document Type | Printed Cookbook; Domestic Cookbook |
Theme | Food Preparation; Global and Ethnic Cuisines; Food, Race and Ethnicity |
Subjects | cooking techniques recipes commodity: bread baking spices confectionery seafood desserts ice cream fruit game commodity: ham commodity: potatoes canning and preserving pickling vegetables wine wine making alcoholic beverages liquors tea herbs regional cuisine |
Cuisine | American cuisine; Southern American cuisine |
Description | Includes foreword. Collection of recipes from Colonial kitchens. |
Countries | United States of America |
Places | Charleston South Carolina; Savannah Georgia |
Additional Information | Introduction by Ogden Nash. Decorations by Florence Olmstead. A reprint of the original by the Cookbook Collectors Library. |
Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation © 2020, by the Michigan State University. All rights reserved. |