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This book is a historiography of African American cookbooks and their authors from the nineteenth century to the present. Zafar begins by discussing Black men's hospitality books. These books pre-dated cookbooks by African American authors. The hospitality books were primarily written for usage by hotel staff, housekeepers, and bartenders as guides to service and respectability. Zafar then delves into a look at the early cookbooks of the nineteenth century written by newly freed people. Most had moved away from the plantations of the South in an attempt to better their surroundings. These cookbooks were often self-published and included recipes that evolved from plantation cooking. Zafar also looks at the writings of George Washington Carver and examines the food studies of the Tuskeegee Institute.
The last sections of Recipes for Respect cover the more modern foodways that evolved through the Civil Rights era and the post-Power Movement period. Several women have authored iconic African American cookbooks, including Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor's [b:Vibration Cooking or the Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl|1702648|Vibration Cooking or the Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl|Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1205518552l/1702648._SX50_.jpg|1699706]. Zafar ends by examining the work of bibliophile Arturo Schomberg who left an unpublished manuscript of writings on cooking. Schomberg was an Afro-Latin American historian who founded the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
This short work (90 pages) is likely a published dissertation. It may be helpful for students researching topics on culinary history and African American foodways. Interesting and very analytical.
The last sections of Recipes for Respect cover the more modern foodways that evolved through the Civil Rights era and the post-Power Movement period. Several women have authored iconic African American cookbooks, including Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor's [b:Vibration Cooking or the Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl|1702648|Vibration Cooking or the Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl|Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1205518552l/1702648._SX50_.jpg|1699706]. Zafar ends by examining the work of bibliophile Arturo Schomberg who left an unpublished manuscript of writings on cooking. Schomberg was an Afro-Latin American historian who founded the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
This short work (90 pages) is likely a published dissertation. It may be helpful for students researching topics on culinary history and African American foodways. Interesting and very analytical.
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