An African American Cookbook

by Bailey, Phoebe

• ISBN13: 9781561483525
• ISBN10: 1561483524
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Good Books

Summary

An African American Cookbook: Traditional and Other Favorite Recipes is a wonderful collection of traditional recipes and food memories, as well as contemporary favorite foods. All of the dishes celebrate lusty African American eating; the traditional foods reflect the ingenious, resourceful, and imaginative Africans who made them. Included are Pastor’s Famous Ribs, Shortbread, Cracklin’ Cornbread, Okra Gumbo, Smoked Turkey and Black-Eyed Peas, New Orleans Red Beans and Rice, Cabbage with Collard Greens, Peach Cobbler, and Sweet Potato Pudding. Coupled with these old-time dishes are today’s favorite recipes- Yogurt and Chives Biscuits, Braided Easter Bread, Pecan Cake, Five-Flavor Pound Cake, Primavera Pizza, Shrimp Bake, Roast Turkey with Oyster Cornbread Stuffing, Cajun Cassoulet, and Minestrone with Tortellini. Woven among the 400 recipes are rich historical anecdotes and sayings. They were discovered or lived by this cookbook’s contributors, many of whose ancestors participated in the Underground Railroad or lived nearby where it was active. Presented in an easy-to-use format for cooks of all traditions, this is a cookbook rich in history and rich in easy-to-prepare, wonderfully tasty food. Author Phoebe Bailey’s congregation in historic Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was a station on the Underground Railroad. Today they, and their own Harambee Historical Services (meaning pulling together to build in Swahili), offer Underground Railroad re-enactments and a buffet of traditional African American food to their many visitors. This cookbook celebrates those historic activities, when this church fed and then helped to spirit enslaved Africans to safety.

Author Biography

Phoebe M. Bailey was born to John Cornelius and Margaret Marie Bailey, the youngest of 15 children, in Huntington, Long Island, New York. Phoebe currently resides in Church Towne of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with her son Piindamon. Phoebe has been encouraged by her father's strength and courage as a black man, and inspired by her mother's faith in God and undeniable intelligence as a black woman, to embrace herself and her African heritage. Phoebe began her career with Bethel Harambee Historical Services as a call from God. She left the corporate world to work closely with her brother, the Reverend Edward M. Bailey, and the congregation of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, to preserve and tell the stories of those Africans who have been discounted and left out of traditional American history and to restore and rebuild a community of promise. Phoebe is the executive director of "Living The Experience," a spiritual Underground Railroad reenactment. She is also one of the reenactors. Her ministry is to sing the song of an awesome God, who continues to deliver His people.

Table of Contents

About This Cookbook	p. 3
Wade in the Water	p. 4
Main Dishes	p. 5
Traditional	p. 6
Other Favorites	p. 18
Steal Away	p. 40
Meats	p. 41
Traditional	p. 42
Other Favorites	p. 48
Swing Low	p. 90
Vegetables	p. 91
Traditional	p. 92
Other Favorites	p. 100
Go Down, Moses	p. 114
Salads	p. 115
Traditional	p. 116
Other Favorites	p. 118
Let Us Break Bread Together	p. 128
Breads	p. 129
Traditional	p. 130
Other Favorites	p. 136
Follow the Drinking Gourd	p. 150
Soups	p. 151
Traditional	p. 152
Other Favorites	p. 154
Bethel AME+s Annual Cookout	p. 164
Sweets	p. 165
Traditional	p. 166
Other Favorites	p. 169
A Newly Freed Man's Prayer	p. 192
Cakes	p. 193
Traditional	p. 194
Other Favorites	p. 196
We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder	p. 214
Snacks and Appetizers	p. 215
Other Favorites	p. 216
Etc	p. 226
Story and Song	p. 227
About Living the Experience	p. 229
About Bethel Harambee Historical	p. 230
Services and the Hopkins Researchand Study Center
About ChurchTowne of Lancaster	p. 232
Pennsylvania
Index	p. 233
About the Author	p. 248
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