African American Cookbooks

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Celebrating Our Mother's Kitchen: Treasured Memories and Tested Recipes By: The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. This authentic African American cookbook takes u back to out childhood with flavors, aromas, and memories which tickle our fancy and touch our hearts. This special cookbook captures recipes, traditions, customs, and unique cooking techniques passed down from generation to generation. *Memories and words of wisdom from mothers everywhere. *African- American Heritage Recipes *Quick and easy, traditional recipes testedin General foods test kitchens. *Memories from African-American Women of Distincition *Recipes for Kids *”Putting Things Up” for perfect jams, jellies, fruits, and vegetables. *Artwork by Brenda Joysmith and Introduction by Jessica Harris. *Don’t miss these favorites:   Rosie’s Best Creole Gumbo   Mama’s Potato Salad   Fried Green Tomatoes   Southern Style Corn Bread   Peach Cobbler   Apple Butter 222 Pages $18.99 s+h  Add to Basket ***************************************************************

Big Mama's Old Black Pot Recipes and Illustrations By: Ethel Dixon Big Mama's g'daughter compiled her old-fashoned recipes for all of us to enjoy!  207 Pages 14.99 s+h  Add to Basket ****************************************************************

The Gift Of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks By: Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock Edna Lewis makes me want to go right into the kitchen and start cooking. Rarely does a book transmit such feelings of warmth and friendliness, as well as a knowledge of good food and good cooking. It’s a delicately drawn picture of an interesting period when American cooning was a series of Family events, and I found such honest satisifaction in the simple delights of Miss Lewis’s descriptions and recipes.   332 Pages With Photographs $29.99 s+h  Add to Basket *****************************************************************

And Still I Cook By: Leah Chase For Over Fifty Years, Leah Chase has run the Dooky Chase Restaurant in New Orleans with the air of one welcoming family and friends into her home. And Mrs. Chase has developed a number of special menus for the many individuals and organizations who, when considering a place to meet and enjoy themselves, think first of Dooky Chase. Leah Chase began working at the Dooky Chase REstaurant in 1946, under the watchful eye of ther new Mother-in-Law. She shoon transformed the po`-boy and lottery ticket shop into one of the first restaurants in the country where African-Americans could sit down and enjoy a carefully perpared meal. *Beef Daube *Rice Pancakes with Ham & Tomato-Basil Sause *Fish Soup                                  *Cabbage Casserole *George Washington Pie           *Hungry Man Sandwhich *Gumbo Z'Herbes                      * Creole Crabcakes 152 Pages With Photographs $24.99 s+h  Add to Basket ************************************************************************************

Leah Chase Listen, I Say Like This By: Carol Allen Leah Case thinks she's like everybody else. She is not. She doesn't think the things she does are out of the ordinary. They are. She is an ordinary person who has struggled quietly and persistently for years, believeing in herself and her fellow human beings, with faith that she can improve the world. Leah Chase is a woman who speaks her mind. Her tremendous personal strength and deep religious faith have carried her throught the sudden loss of her daughter, a bombing during the Civil Rights area, and boycotts,and have helped keep the peace in her marriage. 189 Pages With Photographs $23.99 s+h  Add to Basket  *****************************************************************

The Dooky Chase Cookbook By: Leah Chase Over 200 delectable recipes, rich in tradition and featured in the Dooky Chase Restaurant in New Orleans. You Will enjoy these southern classic recipes, and stories. *Sweet Potato Biscuts                       *Sweet Potato Pone *Sourdough Bread                             *Strawberry Crepes *B.L.T. Soup                                      *Red Fish Orleans *Rice Dressing                                   *Corn Pudding *Okra Salad                                        * Creole Mustard Sauce 224 Pages With Photographs $19.99 s+h   Add to Basket  ***********************************************************