Southern Cook Book 322 Old Dixie Recipes
by Lillie Lustig, Illustrated by E. Charles Kellum
Culinary Arts Press. 1939. Softcover. Octavo (23x15cm) 48pp. Mild rubbing to the exterior, a VG+/Near Fine copy with no ownership markings or highlights within.
The book itself is divided into 22 different categories: Appetizers, Beverages, Bread and Biscuits, Cakes, Candies, Eggs, Fritters Pancakes Waffles and Mush, Fruit and Vegetables, Icings, Jellies and Jams, Meat, Meat and Poultry Stuffing, Misc. Items, Pies, Potatoes, Poultry, Puddings, Salads and Relishes, Sauces and Dressings, Sea Food, Small Cakes and Cookies, and Soups.
There are 40 contemporary illustrations and 50 poems / spirituals that depicts racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language that may be offensive and disturbing, but this collection includes them to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
