The Taste of Country Cooking
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- Cultural Expressions Gallery
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- Cultural Expressions
- Written by
- Lewis, Edna, American, 1916 - 2006
- Published by
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., American, founded 1915
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a: open): 8 7/16 × 13 1/2 × 9/16 in. (21.5 × 34.3 × 1.4 cm)
- H x W x D (a: closed): 8 7/16 × 6 7/16 × 1 in. (21.5 × 16.4 × 2.5 cm)
- H x W (b: open): 8 7/16 × 21 5/16 in. (21.5 × 54.1 cm)
- H x W (b: closed): 8 7/16 × 6 1/2 in. (21.5 × 16.5 cm)
- Description
- A first edition, hardcover book (a) with removable dust jacket (b) of The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis. The cream-colored cover features at center a color photograph of Lewis, outdoors amid blooming sunflowers, wearing a pink dress and carrying a bowl of red tomatoes. Across the top in large black letters is [The Taste of / Country Cooking] and along the bottom [By Edna Lewis]. In white letters at the top left corner of the photograph is [She evokes the tantalizing aromas of a farm / kitchen She brings back the fresh, natural tastes / of the wonderful cooking she was raised on / in Virginia She shares old family recipes / in menus that / make the most of each season's bounty]. The back cover of the jacket is also cream with black text of the title and two blurbs, one by James Beard and one by M.F.K. Fisher. The hardcover book has a cream-colored cloth spine and a yellow cover, with an embossed illustration of two rabbits at bottom right corner. The same illustration also appears on the title page. The book has several reproduced prints by various artists throughout. It begins with dedications to "the memory of the people of Freetown" and editor Judith B. Jones. The recipes are organized by season, beginning with spring, and followed by an appendix, index, and a note on the author. There are 268 pages.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Freetown, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- Type
- cookbooks
- Topic
- American South
- Cooking and dining
- Foodways
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Carole Darden-Lloyd and Norman Darden
- Object number
- 2021.27.4ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Edna Lewis
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.