<I>Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine: Recipes and Reminiscences of a Family.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1978
name: label: Written by
content: Norma Jean Darden, American, born 1939
label: Written by
content: Carole Darden-Lloyd, American
label: Printed by
content: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., American, founded 1915
notes: label: Description
content: A first edition, hardcover book (a) with a removable dust jacket (b) of the cookbook Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine by sisters Norma Jean Darden and Carole Darden. The front inside flap of the dust jacket was detached from the rest of the dust jacket but was fixed by NMAAHC conservation in 2021-2022. The dust jacket features a color photograph of the two sisters standing amid foliage in front of a white picket fence. Both sisters wear white dresses with blue flower print aprons. The sister on the left holds a basket of produce and the sister on the right holds a sunhat and a small bouquet of flowers. At their feet is another basket of produce and a cut watermelon. The photograph wraps around the entire jacket, front and back. Large white text on the front reads [SPOONBREAD / AND / STRAWBERRY / WINE / NORMA JEAN / AND CAROLE / DARDEN / RECIPES AND / REMINISCENCES OF / A FAMILY]. Smaller white text on the back provides a brief summary of the book. There is an inscription on the inside page that reads [Happy Cooking! / The Darden Sisters]. The contents of the book are organized into chapters centered on a member of the Darden family and a type of recipe, including "Papa Darden: Wines," "Aunt Maude: Candy and Confections," and "Granddad Sampson: Honey Foods." Included are menus and recipes for holidays ("Fourth-of-July picnic," "Christmas and 'Dairy' Dishes), menus for dinner parties ("Dinner Menu for 10, plus Company Pies") and a section on "Funerals." The book has 288 pages.
place: label: Place printed
content: Garden City, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Holidays and festivals
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
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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, Gift of Carole Darden-Lloyd and Norman Darden
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.27.3ab
objectType: label: Type
content: cookbooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Carole Darden-Lloyd
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 (a: open): 8 7/16 × 12 × 3/8 in. (21.5 × 30.5 × 1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a: closed): 8 7/16 × 5 11/16 × 7/8 in. (21.5 × 14.5 × 2.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b: open): 8 7/16 × 16 5/16 in. (21.5 × 41.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b: closed): 8 7/16 × 5 13/16 in. (21.5 × 14.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (c: open): 8 7/16 × 3 11/16 in. (21.5 × 9.4 cm)