Vibration Cooking by Mae Verta (5 results)

paperback. Condition: Used - Acceptable. The book is slightly warped, there is some staining on the edges. Still a very usable copy.

Softcover. Condition: Good+. Clean pages and sound with some average cover wear. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 190 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Slate cloth, wear and chipping with some loss and browning at edges of unclipped jacket, front hinge cracked in the gutter but still sound and fine internally.; signed on the front endpaper by Verta Mae "Peace and Power, Verta Mae" and on pastedown by previous owner. 190pp A vital work on Gullah cuisine and culture (that also includes much of interest in Verta Mae's unique Gullah/Philadelphia/Paris/NY food life) - the uniquely rich low country South Carolina and Georgia culture more closely related to West Indian than African-American - it evolved from the remoteness of the mostly West African slave population. One of the first books to introduce Americans to Gullah-Geechee food, it was enormously influential and continues to ripple through Southern cuisine as it is (belatedly) embraced. Frogs, codfish with green sauce, escaviach Jamaica style, Frank Smart's cold hot smoked tongue, gator tails, smothered rabbit, hoe cake, etc. Unusual signed. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Signed by Author. Inventory No: CAT000960.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First printing. First edition of this classic of culinary Americana: part-narrative, part-cookbook memoir of the experiences of a Gullah Geechee woman, prescient in style and content. The LA TIMES notes that VIBRATION COOKING "illuminates one Black woman's experience like no work of literature before or since." The flow between recipe and prose would not be out of place on a cooking blog of today; Mae's reflections on the origins of her ingredients and commentary on US culture give context to her traditional and global dishes. "There is no reference to black people's contribution to the culinary arts. White folks act like they invented food," she observes in the first chapter, but "food is food. Everybody eats!" Mae herself has a wide and varied career - from journalism and broadcasting to acting and activism - and was a prominent force in the Black Arts Movement. Now recognized a landmark cookbook, VIBRATION COOKING has been reprinted numerous times. However, the first edition is increasingly scarce. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original black cloth binding with silver lettering to spine. Original color pictorial dust jacket, unclipped ($4.95), designed by Sydney Butchkes. Red endpapers. 190 pages, including index. Jacket spine mildly sunned, with a slightly creased tear on the rear panel, touches of edgewear. Book trace shelfwear. Else clean and sound. Near fine in very good plus jacket.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First printing. Inscribed first edition of this classic of culinary Americana: part-narrative, part-cookbook memoir of the experiences of a Gullah Geechee woman, prescient in style and content. The LA TIMES notes that VIBRATION COOKING "illuminates one Black woman's experience like no work of literature before or since." The flow between recipe and prose would not be out of place on a cooking blog of today; Mae's reflections on the origins of her ingredients and commentary on US culture give context to her traditional and global dishes. "There is no reference to black people's contribution to the culinary arts. White folks act like they invented food," she observes in the first chapter, but "food is food. Everybody eats!" Mae herself has a wide and varied career - from journalism and broadcasting to acting and activism - and was a prominent force in the Black Arts Movement. Now recognized a landmark cookbook, VIBRATION COOKING has been reprinted numerous times. However, the first edition is increasingly scarce, and decidedly so signed by Mae. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original black cloth binding with silver lettering to spine. Original color pictorial dust jacket, unclipped ($4.95), designed by Sydney Butchkes. Red endpapers. 190 pages, including index. Inscribed in year of publication by Mae on front free endpaper: "May 11, 1970 / for Miss Wallace, / With special / thanks for taking / care of Kali [Mae's daighter] / Right on, / Verta Mae." Jacket spine mildly sunned. Small closed tear at rear fold. Minor rubbing and toning overall. Else clean and sound. Near fine in a very good plus jacket. Signed.