Black Pioneer Cookbook
The Committee on Black Pioneers
Published by Alton Museum of History & Art, Alton, Illinois, 1989
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115 pp. Publisher's original comb-bound printed stiff wraps, with additional 14-page insert laid in. Near Fine, with light shelf wear, light soiling to wraps. Compiled by The Committee on Black Pioneers, whose mission was to document and preserve the art and history of River Bend African Americans. As per the introduction, at one of the Committee's monthly meetings, it was suggested that they stage a "tasting party" in conjunction with the Alton Little Theatre's upcoming 1990 production of A Raisin on the Sun. Laid in is a stapled 14-page pamphlet entitled "Black Pioneer Cookbook Insert," with recipes from that event. Insert is Near Fine, with light shelf wear and soiling to wraps. The River Bend area of Illinois encompasses three counties in the western central, and southern area of the state, taking its name from a section of the Mississippi River which here bends, flowing west to east, instead of north to south. Additionally, it's where the Mississippi meets with the Missouri and Illinois Rivers. This gift-shop keepsake from The Alton Museum of History & Art documents local historic African American landmarks and important people who hailed from the area, such as Miles Davis, and tells the story of pioneering African Americans who settled the area. OCLC locates three institutional holdings. Seller Inventory # 140938053
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Title: Black Pioneer Cookbook
Publisher: Alton Museum of History & Art, Alton, Illinois
Publication Date: 1989
Condition: Near Fine
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Black Pioneer Committee, Alton Museum of History & Art, Inc, Alton, Illinois, 1990
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Seller: Langdon Manor Books, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very good. 8½" x 5½". Pictorial thin card wrappers, plastic comb-binding. Pp. 115. Very good: light edge wear and a few faint stains to wrappers; internally fresh. This is an uncommon cookbook organized by a committee of Black women working to preserve African American history in Alton, Illinois. Rich with generational knowledge, photographic images and narratives of local Black history, the book was dedicated to "those early Pioneers whose skill and unique culinary talent adds to our region's heritage." Per this book, the Committee on Black Pioneers "was organized to document and preserve the art and history of the River Bend African-Americans." The committee's chair, Grace Monroe, was a longtime educator and school principal in Alton who was also a member of the NAACP and a president of the National Council of Negro Women, among many other organizations. Charlene Gill, one of the founders and president of the board of the Alton Museum of History and Art, noted in the introduction that: "This cookbook is a way of remembering. Many of the women who contributed the recipes told stories of their foremothers who had worked so very hard to keep them a well nourished family and cooked delicious meals, with sometimes meager ingredients." The book holds 218 recipes in five categories: soups, salads and vegetable dishes; breads and rolls; meats and seafood; pickles, relishes, preserves and sauces; and of course pies, cakes and other desserts. Each recipe had its contributor's name, as did many of the dishes' titles, and asterisks adorned the numerous recipes that had been "handed down from the past." There were instructions for staples like fried green tomatoes, biscuits and pork tenderloin, as well as "Southern Illinois beans 'n rice," "Grandma Wilson's navy bean pie," a "magic peach cobbler," "spaghetti for 50," rabbit and raccoon. The book also held "household hints from the Pioneers" both culinary and non-, including how to boil a ham or dress a turkey, separate eggs or "two glasses stuck together," "refinish antiques or revitalize wood." There was a page of "spice information," "cold water tests for candy making" and ingenious tricks passed down through the years, such as saving excess "pot liquor" to add to "any kind of soup, to improve the flavor and increase the food value." Tidbits of local Black history and achievements, complete with quotations, illustrations, photographic images and a plat map, were scattered throughout. A scarce book of time-honored African American recipes, compiled by women working to preserve Black history in Illinois. OCLC shows four holdings. Seller Inventory # 8631
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