A Date With a Dish
Hermitage, 1948. first. hardcover. first edition first printing of an important historical cookbook by the cooking editor of Ebony Magazine (later reprinted as The Ebony Cookbook in 1962). From the preface: "There has long been a need for a non-regional cook book that would contain recipes, menus, and cooking hints from and by Negroes all over America. I have attempted in these pages to present, along with my own contributions, as complete a collection as can be found anywhere in the land. Recipes new and fresh in the modern manner...recipes ages old brought back to life...original, traditional, and exciting."
With a glossary of cooking terms, advice for the housewife, brief biographies of some of the people from whom the recipes were collected, etc.
Rare in this condition with dust jacket! very good: binding tight, front pastedown and FFEP covered in pencil and pen annotations, main text has a few pencil markings next to some recipes. offsetting on back endpapers from newspaper bookmark, some toning, bottom corners slightly bumped. / poor: large rips along front cover and spine, chipping, missing pieces, price still visible on inside flap ($3.00). Item #80
#00046.
Price: $360.00