The Jemima Code
Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks
Book - 2015 | First edition.
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Publisher:
Austin :, University of Texas Press,, 2015.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780292745483
0292745486
0292745486
Characteristics:
xv, 246 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Contents:
The collection : African American cookbooks, 1827-2011
19th century cookbooks : cookbooks break a stereotype
1900-1925, surviving mammyism
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 and the soul food revival
1981-1990, mammy's makeover : the ever useful life
1991-2011, the hope of Jemima.
19th century cookbooks : cookbooks break a stereotype
1900-1925, surviving mammyism
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 and the soul food revival
1981-1990, mammy's makeover : the ever useful life
1991-2011, the hope of Jemima.
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Add a CommentAn amazing compendium of important food history.