Annotations:
The sequel to the bestselling "The African-American Heritage Cookbook" interweaves fascinating history with fabulous menus. Includes recipes for the elegant Southern foods for which the Virginia coast is famous. 50 photos & illustrations.
Publisher's Remarks:
This companion to the best-selling African-American Heritage Cookbook also traces the history, heritage, and distinct flavors of regional African-American cooking. Featured are recipes and remembrances of the Hampton Institute, established in 1868 in Hampton, Virginia, to educate the newly emancipated African Americans, including Booker T. Washington, who studied and taught there and later went on to found the Tuskegee Institute. Richly illustrated with vintage photographs, it also contains vivid and heroic personal stories of slaves and former slaves who participated in the Civil War effort and helped build the school.Interleaved with the tales of the tumultuous times are recipes indigenous to the region wher
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