The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks Nature_Gift_Guide ”—Tara Conklin

”—Tara Conklin

Before there was Elvis

the heat between them is impossible to ignore

Why does her cousin Helena get to go to school and roam the streets of New York freely while she's confined to the family's decrepit brownstone

largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean

The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks Nature_Gift_Guide ”—Tara ConklinWinner, James Beard Foundation Book Award, 2016 Art of Eating Prize, 2015 BCALA Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, 2016Women of African descent have contributed to Americas food culture for centuries, but their rich and varied involvement is still overshadowed by the demeaning stereotype of an illiterate Aunt Jemima who cooked mostly by natural instinct. To discover the true role of black