Notes: | AMDigital Reference: TX715 .L4. "Collection: African American"--Home page. "Collection Overview: There are over 200 African American cookbooks in the collection dating from the early 19th century to the present. The earliest is a first edition of Robert Roberts, The House Servant's Directory (1827), the first cookbook written by a Black American and first book on any subject written by a Black American to have been printed by a commercial publisher. Additionally there are charity cookbooks, Black dialect items, and celebrity cookbooks. The collection is complemented by strong holdings in Caribbean cookery and African cookery."--Home page. "Description: Recipes contributed by women from all over Virginia. Also includes local advertisements for Virginia."--Home page. "Additional Information: Mrs. Horace Wellford Jones, general chairman, Virginia Cookery Book Committee."--Home page. Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2021. Digitized from a copy held by Michigan State University and made available by Adam Matthew Digital. Michigan State University Description based on online resource; title from scanned document's title page (viewed on April 19, 2021).
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