African American food
Soul Food! African American Cookery and Creativity
Soul Food! will explore the premise that African American culture and its creative products emerge from the culinary traditions of the Black Diaspora.
While music is certainly a building block in the evolution of black creativity and African American arts, cooking and the culture of food are equally relevant ingredients.
The
Amistad Center for Art & Culture
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990 USA
Tel (860)838-4133
African American Soul Food!
C
ooking and Creativity in African American Culture
November 15, 2006 – May 1, 2007
Yours for a Tender Thanksgiving Dinner, 1910, Postcard, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". ACAC; Simpson Collection, AF.
African American Art related to food and Black culture illustrates the intimate relationship that has developed from the journey of Black culinary traditions.
Through photographs, mixed media installation, paintings, and artifacts drawn from The Amistad Center, the Wadsworth Atheneum, private collectors, and artists, the exhibition will follow the emergence of new culinary traditions and their impact on the major currents of Black culture.
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What
Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking Author: Karen Hess; Buy New: $9.95 |
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HARTFORD, CT.- The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art presents Soul Food!
African American Cookery and Creativity, on view through April 22, 2007. African
American cooks created the foundation for Southern cuisine. The second known
cookbook authored by an African American is "What
Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking, Soups, Pickles, Preserves,
Etc." (1881) by Abby
Fisher, a former slave who achieved renown in and around San Francisco by the
late 1870s as a caterer and prize-winner at local fairs.
This exhibition of art and artifacts opens with an examination of rice and sugar, crops integral to the slave trade; examines food icons ranging from the fictional Aunt Jemima and the real-life Uncle Ben to fried chicken and watermelon; and celebrates the soul-stirring and nourishing connections between culture, creativity, and memory.
Presented by the Amistad Center for Art & Culture Funders.
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A few African American cooking books at Amazon
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Soul
Food Author: Sheila Ferguson; Buy New: $12.04 |
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The
Black Family Reunion Cookbook Author: National Council of Negro Women; Buy New: $9.90 |
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Sylvia's
Family Soul Food Cookbook Author: Sylvia Woods; Buy New: $18.60 |
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Mama
Dip's Kitchen Author: Mildred Council; Buy New: $11.32 |
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The
New Soul Food Cookbook Author: Wilbert Jones; Buy New: $9.95 |
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The
African-American Child's Heritage Cookbook Author: Vanessa R. Parham; Buy New: $13.57 |
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Harlem
Really Cooks Author: Sandra Lawrence; Buy New: $11.53 |
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