<I>Southern Cook Book of Fine Old Dixie Recipes</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1935
name: label: Published by
content: Culinary Arts Press, American, 1934 - 1939
label: Edited by
content: Lillie S. Lustig
label: Edited by
content: S. Claire Sondheim, American, 1908 - 1999
label: Edited by
content: Sarah Rensel
label: Illustrated by
content: H. Charles Kellum, American, 1894 - 1953
label: Printed by
content: Cuneo Press, Inc., American
notes: label: Description
content: A 48 page booklet containing various recipes attributed to the cooking traditions of the American South. The front cover bears the title [SOUTHERN / COOK BOOK / Of / Fine Old Dixie Recipes] and the text [322 Fine Tested Recipes / 40 Characteristic Illustrations / 50 Poems and Spirituals]. The cover illustration is of two women and a child standing in a kitchen around a table. The older woman wears a blue dress and white apron and headscarf. She stands behind the table and stirs a mixing bowl. A younger woman in a floral patterned blue and orange dress with matching headscarf stands in front of the table with her hand resting on it, facing the older woman. A young girl with pigtails and an orange quilted dress stands with her back to the viewer and her hands up on the table. A plaque hangs on the wall between the two women and reads [A Good Dinner / Sharpens the Wits / and / Softens the Heart]. The artist's signature is in the lower lefthand corner.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: Most pages in the book contain a charcoal pencil illustration in the bottom left or right hand corner. These illustrations are predominantly of men, women, and children performing labors and eating or preparing food with a few landscape vignettes. Often the drawing seems in part to be an illustration of a few lines of song or poem that accompanies it.
label: Description
content: Two sections of verse, "De Cote House In De Sky" and "Oh, Elephant, You Shall Be Free!" are printed on the inside of the front and back covers, respectively.
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection 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.
place: label: Place printed
content: Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Caricature and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Racist and Stereotypical Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Adolph Goronsky
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.100
objectType: label: Type
content: cookbooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1935
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product), cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: 9 3/16 x 6 1/8 x 3/8 in. (23.4 x 15.5 x 1 cm)