![]() "Their cookbooks, their efforts, their accomplishments, their love of the kitchen, their joy, their intelligence - all of that disappeared," she tells NPR's Michel Martin (no relation). Instead, says food writer Toni Tipton-Martin, African-American cooks and chefs were largely lost to history. ![]() But when America's culinary heritage is described or depicted, the cooks who helped make that history are rarely featured. Well, just who were the real Aunt Jemimas, the real black cooks and chefs whose craft and skill did so much to define American cuisine?Īfrican-American cooking has had an enormous impact on American cuisine. One who is happiest in the kitchen getting ready to serve her white folks. So if I say Aunt Jemima, you think what? Fluffy pancakes and waffles?īut for some, the title, the image, even the updated version sans headwrap, evokes other feelings, including anger, over a racial stereotype of a black woman with no apparent life of her own. ![]() ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Jemima Code Subtitle Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks Author Toni Tipton-Martin ![]()
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