African-American Recipes & Cookbooks

In the United States, there are around 39 million African-Americans, that is to say Americans who are ultimately descended from people from sub-Saharan Africa. African-Americans are the largest racial minority in the country.

African-Americans arrived in the United States via a number of different routes. The ancestors of many African-Americans were brought to the country as slaves, during the 19th century or earlier. Other African-Americans immigrated to the US voluntarily, from Africa, from the Caribbean, or from Latin America.

African-American cuisine reflects the nature of the African-American community. Some dishes, particularly what is known "Soul Food", trace their origins to American South, and in particular low-cost foods that were available to slaves. Other African-American dishes, include dishes influenced by Caribbean cuisine, Latin American cuisine, and of course, African cuisine.

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The African-American Heritage Cookbook: Traditional Recipes and Fond Remembrances from Alabama's Renowned Tuskegee Institute

By Carolyn Quick Tillery Brand: Citadel Press Released: 2001-01-01 Hardcover (210 pages)	List Price: $24.95^* Lowest New Price: $38.00^* Lowest Used Price: $1.46^* Usually ships in 1-2 business days^* ^(As of 23:36 Pacific 13 Aug 2018 More Info) Click Here*
Used Book in Good Condition Product Description: Includes memories and literary passages that evince the spirit of Tuskegee and complement more than two hundred traditional recipes with pictorial accounts, personal vignettes, and poetry.

Celebrating Our Mothers' Kitchens: Treasured Memories and Tested Recipes

By National Council of Negro Women

Brand: Tradery House
Plastic Comb (224 pages)

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This flavorful book honors our mothers' influence by documenting more than 200 favorite family recipes.

Remember stirring moments in your own kitchen as you read Mother Memories, pearls of wisdom passed from mother to daughter, and browse through a splendid collection of African-American Heritage Recipes.

Highlighting the list of recipes are: Creole Gumbo, Collard Greens with Smoked Turkey, Black Eyed Pea Fritters, and Maply Sweet Potato-Banana Pudding.

A portion of the proceeds benefits The National Council of Negro Women, Inc.

Celebrating Our Equality: A Cookbook With Recipes and Remembrances from Howard University

By Carolyn Quick Tillery Brand: Citadel Press Released: 2003-11-01 Hardcover (272 pages)	List Price: $24.95^* Lowest New Price: $4.50^* Lowest Used Price: $4.00^* Usually ships in 1-2 business days^* ^(As of 23:36 Pacific 13 Aug 2018 More Info) Click Here*
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A Taste Of Freedom: A Cookbook With Recipes and Remembrances from the Hampton Institute

By Carolyn Quick Tillery Brand: Citadel Press Released: 2002-05-01 Hardcover (260 pages)	List Price: $24.95^* Lowest New Price: $58.12^* Lowest Used Price: $9.33^* ^(As of 23:36 Pacific 13 Aug 2018 More Info) Click Here*
Used Book in Good Condition Product Description: A companion volume to the African-American Heritage Cookbook traces the history, heritage, and distinctive flavors of regional African-American cookery in a collection of recipes and reminiscences from Virginia's Hampton Institute that includes period photographs, the personal stories of former slaves, and more than 250 delicious recipes.

Cooking with Heart and Soul

By Isaac Hayes Putnam Adult Released: 2000-11-13 Hardcover (256 pages)	List Price: $27.95^* Lowest New Price: $9.99^* Lowest Used Price: $1.02^* Usually ships in 24 hours^* ^(As of 23:36 Pacific 13 Aug 2018 More Info) Click Here*
Product Description: The actor, musician, and voice of "Chef" on South Park shares recipes and recollections in this unique blending of memoir and cuisine. 60,000 first printing.

Vertamae Cooks in the Americas' Family Kitchen (Americas' Family Kitchen (Television Program).)

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Used Book in Good Condition Product Description: A companion volume to the PBS series on the art of African-American cuisine introduces 110 delectable recipes, accompanied by folklore and anecdotes that trace the history and contribution of African roots to American cookery. Original. TV tie-in. 30,000 first printing. Tour. IP.

Vertamae Cooks Again: More Recipes from the Americas' Family Kitchen

By Vertamae Grosvenor Brand: Bay Books Paperback (159 pages)	List Price: $19.95^* Lowest New Price: $4.32^* Lowest Used Price: $0.25^* Usually ships in 1-2 business days^* ^(As of 23:36 Pacific 13 Aug 2018 More Info) Click Here*
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Aspects of African American Foodways

By Howard Paige

Aspects Pub Co
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Soul Food: Recipes and Reflections from African-American Churches

By Joyce White

William Morrow Cookbooks
Released: 1998-01-20
Hardcover (368 pages)

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When Joyce White moved to New York City from Alabama, she left small-town life behind and landed ajob as a food editor at a major women's magazine. Weekends, however, found her visiting churches in Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvestant, looking for a taste of home. Food has long been a part of the spiritual life of African-American churches, and what she found there, along with what she missed from home, was the comforting blend of cooking and fellowship that feeds both the body and soul.

In this warm and joyful collection, White offers more than 150 recipes for the foods that worshipers look forward to after services, and she captures the spirit of these sociable meals with warm, conversational and occasionally poignant reflections from African-American churchgoers around the United States.

"We don't just come to church service and leave," says a retired nurse who directs hospitality for a large church in Los Angeles. "Many of us stay here half the day. That way we get a chance to rub shoulders and see what is going on or going wrong with each other."

From delicious renditions of classics such as Sugar-Crusted Biscuits to updated favorites such as Black Beans with Sun-Dried Tomatoes, as well as special fare for entertaining and Kwaanza, the pages of Soul Food are alive with the spirit and love of African-American churches -- and the terrific food to be found there.

The WELCOME TABLE : African-American Heritage Cooking

By Jessica B. Harris

Brand: Simon n Schuster
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The African-American way with food combines the improvisational techniques that gave the world jazz with the culinary techniques and piquant tastes of the African continent. From Hoppin' John to creamy Sweet Potato Pie, from Benne Seed Wafers to the Gospel Bird, African-American cooking recalls its history and speaks eloquently to the richness and diversity of black culture. In The Welcome Table, Jessica Harris presents African-American food at its finest: over 200 recipes, both traditional and contemporary, combined with historical detail and personal interviews and illustrated with beautiful photographs.

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