Although it was published in Michigan and the author was part of “one of the first families set free by Mr. Rediscovered in 2000, this cookbook is one of the oldest written by an African-American woman. Historical A Domestic Cook Book: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Recipes for the Kitchen by Malinda Russell (1866) David Betts/Metropolitan Photography via NPR Here is a collection of 20-plus Nashville cookbooks that offer physical and spiritual nourishment during social distancing. The food is comforting, of course, but even the act of looking through a cookbook and talking about what to make can be therapeutic and entertaining. Those cookbooks can be lifesavers, particularly in times like these. In true ride-or-die cases, find a poor soul carrying around loose pages of their beloved book in a Ziploc bag, long after its spiral spine has given up the ghost. The pages are dog-eared, splatter-spotted and covered with handwritten notes detailing what degree one really must set the oven to so the biscuits rise. Every Southerner has a cookbook so important it will be itemized in their will.
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