In this book she offers recipes from traditional soul food to quick and easy contemporary favorites. 60605 $19.95, plus $3.95 shipping): Lyons has been Ebony’s food editor for more than 25 years. The New Ebony Cookbook by Charlotte Lyons (Johnson Publishing Co., 820 S. This a wonderful reprint for any collection. Fortunately, he wrote down 591 of his recipes and published them in 1911. There he became a cook on a private rail car, preparing mainstream to Southern to Creole dishes for presidents, European royalty and tycoons. As the story goes, he made his way from Nashville, where he worked in a restaurant, to Chicago during the Reconstruction era. Good Things to Eat As Suggested by Rufus by Rufus Estes (Howling at the Moon Press, $19.95): Born a slave during the Civil War, Estes is reputed to be the first African-American chef to compile a cookbook. And the third book offers a healthful-living guide for African-American women. The second showcases the traditional and contemporary table. One is a wonderful, charming historical perspective. Three new cookbooks offer up a smorgasbord of insight. How and what we eat tells a lot about our history.įebruary is Black History Month, an annual observance that celebrates African-American heritage and culture. The kitchen table can be a magical learning tool.
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