An African American Cookbook: Traditional and Other Favorite Recipes

About this book

An African America Cookbook: Traditional and Other Favorite Recipes is a bountiful collection of favorite foods and the memories that go with them. All of the dishes celebrate hearty African American eating; the traditional foods reflect the ingenious resourceful and imaginative Africans who made them. Woven among the 400 recipes are rich historic anecdotes and sayings. They were discovered or lived by the cookbook s contributors many of whose ancestors participated in the Underground Railroad or lived nearby where it was active. A cookbook rich in history and rich in easy-to-prepare wonderfully tasty food!