<I>A Date With A Dish: A Cook Book of American Basic Recipes</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1948
name: label: Written by
content: Freda De Knight, American, 1909 - 1963
label: Published by
content: Hermitage House Inc., American
label: Subject of
content: Gertrude Blair, American, 1895 - 1989
label: Subject of
content: Joseph Henry Jackson, American, 1894 - 1955
label: Subject of
content: Ebony, American, founded 1945
notes: label: Description
content: A signed, second edition of “A Date With A Dish: A Cook Book of American Basic Recipes” by Freda De Knight. The yellow hardcover book has 426 pages with illustrations by S. Lodico and contains recipes originally published in De Knight’s “Ebony” column as food editor, “A Date With A Dish.”
label: Description
content: The front cover of the book jacket is a yellow background with a realistic image of butter knife on the left and a black silhouette of the bowl of a spoon placed sideways from the right edge with white text inside it reading [A DATE / WITH / A DISH.] At the bottom is the black silhouette of a fork placed sideways from the left edge, with white text on the handle [BY FREDA DE KNIGHT]. A chef stands on bowl of the fork and the three prongs of the fork are replaced by three lines of black text: [A COOK BOOK / OF AMERICAN / BASIC RECIPES]. The back cover of the book jacket is a white background with black text of a review by Joseph Henry Jackson. Publisher house information is along the bottom edge.
label: Description
content: The front flap of the book jacket has the book title, summary of the book, and excerpt of the forward by Gertrude Blair in black text and the author’s name in green text. The back flap is a biography of Freda De Knight in black text and a black and white photograph of De Knight against a yellow background.
label: Description
content: De Knight’s signature can be found on the first page. On the back of the front cover is a handwritten pencil inscription.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Foodways
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2024.10
objectType: label: Type
content: cookbooks
label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1948 Freda De Knight
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 6 × 1 3/4 in. (21.6 × 15.2 × 4.4 cm)