Gastronomy 2021 Catalogue

37 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 “It Was Through Being The Best Fed People In The World, We Of The South Country Were Able To Put Up The Best Fight In History” 41. MCCULLOCH-WILLIAMS, Martha. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South. New York, 1913. Octavo, original pictorial yellow-green cloth. $550. Click for more info First edition of this early 20th-century narrative-style cookbook focusing on traditional Southern cuisine, in original pictorial cloth. “Martha McCulloch-Williams’s book is testimony to the importance food has had in Southern culture and folklore and to the fact that by knowing what has gone on in the kitchens and dining rooms of the South, we can discover much about its physical health, its economic condition, its race relations, class structure, the status of women, and the state of family, either ideally or in reality” (Bleser, 155). With decorations by Russel Crofoot. Only mild toning and soiling to cloth. A near-fine copy.