Gastronomy 2021 Catalogue

23 B a u m a n R a r e B o o k s G a s t r o n o m y 2 0 2 1 With 11 Photographs Of African-American Cooks By Alvin Langdon Coburn 26. FOX, Minnie C., compiler, and COBURN, Alvin Langdon, photographer. The Blue Grass Cook Book. New York, 1904. Octavo, original blue-gray cloth. $1750. Click for more info First edition of this ode to the early 20th-century Kentucky kitchen, featuring dozens of traditional Blue Grass recipes, with one illustrated plate of corn dodgers and biscuits and 11 photographic plates of African American cooks by acclaimed photographer Alvin Langdon Coburn. This unusual Kentucky cookbook from the turn of the 20th century represents the first timeAfricanAmerican cooks were explicitly credited with their contributions to Southern cuisine. “This century-old treasure of Southern cooking attests to the rich contribution of African Americans to a storied cuisine. Its author, Minnie Fox, and her author brother, who wrote the introduction, were probably the first Southernwhites ever to acknowledge the role of black culinary genius” (Sidney W. Mintz). Contemporary ink owner signature. A few spots of soiling to interior, front inner paper hinge split, light wear and soiling to cloth, mild toning to spine. An extremely good copy.