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Food in Grandma's day / by Valerie Weber and Jeraldine Jackson.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection Banks Cookbooks 85
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weber, Valerie.
- Jackson, Jeraldine, 1932- author.
- Series:
- Weber, Valerie. In grandma's day.
- In grandma's day
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jackson, Jeraldine, 1932---Juvenile literature.
- Jackson, Jeraldine.
- Jackson, Jeraldine, 1932---Childhood and youth.
- Jackson, Jeraldine, 1932-.
- African American cooking--History--Juvenile literature.
- African American cooking.
- African Americans--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Food--Juvenile literature.
- Food habits--History--20th century.
- African Americans--Biography.
- African Americans--Social life and customs.
- Genre:
- Series.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 32 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, Inc., [1999].
- Summary:
- Recalls what it was like for a young African American girl to help prepare meals for her large family living in Madison, Illinois, in the 1930s and 1940s.
- Contents:
- Feeding a big family
- Mama Lou
- My responsibilities
- A different kitchen
- Rationing for war
- Digging for victory
- Canning: a family event
- Storing the fruits of summer
- Breakfast
- Grandma's great food
- Homework and cleaning up
- Neighborhood shopping
- Homemade treats.
- Notes:
- "Edited by Faye Gardner. Text designed by Ian Winton. Illustrations by Stuart Lafford."
- "Muscle Bound for Long Wear"--Back cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 1575053284
- 9781575053288
- OCLC:
- 38504348
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