The happy hostess, 1952 / edited and compiled by Miriam Horwitz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horwitz, Miriam, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

1952 /

Pretoria, South Africa : The Sisterhood of the Pretoria Jewish Reform Congregation, 1952.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Notes:

AMDigital Reference: TX725.S6 H67 1952.

"Collection: Africa"--Home page.

"Note: Catalog Records ©2019, by the Michigan State University. All rights reserved."--Home page.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 22, 2019).

OCLC:

1141433675

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.