Autorentext

By Toni Tipton-Martin; forewords by John Egerton and Barbara Haber

Klappentext

Showcasing one of the world's largest private collections of African American cookbooks, ranging from rare nineteenth-century texts to modern classics by Edna Lewis and Vertamae Grosvenor, this lavishly illustrated collection speaks volumes about America's food culture.

Inhalt

• Foreword: A Gallery of Great Cooks, by John Egerton
• Foreword: Why Cookbooks Matter, by Barbara Haber
• Introduction
• Nineteenth-Century Cookbooks: Breaking a Stereotype
• 1900-1925. Surviving Mammyism: Cooking Lessons for Work and Home
• 1926-1950. The Servant Problem: Dual Messages
• 1951-1960. Lifting as We Climb: Tea Cakes, Finger Sandwiches, Community Service, and Civil Rights
• 1961-1970. Soul Food: Mama's Cooking Leaves Home for the City
• 1971-1980. Simple Pleasures: A Soul Food Revival
• 1981-1990. Mammy's Makeover: The Ever-Useful Life
• 1991-2011. Sweet to the Soul: The Hope of Jemima
• Acknowledgments
• Index