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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches             Publisher Weekly Review         Summary     Table of Contents       More by this author     Deetz, Kelley Fanto author.     Subjects     Slaves -- Virginia -- Social life and customs.     Slaves -- Virginia -- Social conditions.     African American cooking -- History.     Cooking, American -- History.     African Americans -- Food -- Virginia -- History.     African American cooks -- Virginia -- History.     African American cooks -- Virginia -- Biography.     Slaves -- Virginia -- Biography.     Plantation life -- Virginia -- History.     Virginia -- Race relations -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Deetz, Kelley Fanto author.       by title:      Bound to the fire : ...         MARC Display

Bound to the fire : how Virginia's enslaved cooks helped invent American cuisine / Kelley Fanto Deetz. by Deetz, Kelley Fanto author. Subjects Slaves -- Virginia -- Social life and customs.   Slaves -- Virginia -- Social conditions.   African American cooking -- History.   Cooking, American -- History.   African Americans -- Food -- Virginia -- History.   African American cooks -- Virginia -- History.   African American cooks -- Virginia -- Biography.   Slaves -- Virginia -- Biography.   Plantation life -- Virginia -- History.   Virginia -- Race relations -- History. Publisher Info:  Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2017] Description:  177 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm RDA Types:  text unmediated volume ISBN:  9780813174730 0813174732 9780813174747 9780813174754 Contents:  Introduction: In myth -- In home : standing the heat -- In labor : cooking for the big house -- In fame and fear : exceptional cooks -- In dining : Black food on white plates -- In memory : kitchen ghosts. Format Book:  Summary:  "In grocery store aisles and kitchens across the country, smiling images of 'Aunt Jemima' and other historical and fictional black cooks can be found on various food products and in advertising. Although these images are sanitized and romanticized in American popular culture, they represent the untold stories of enslaved men and women who had a significant impact on the nation's culinary and hospitality traditions even as they were forced to prepare food for their oppressors. Kelley Fanto Deetz draws upon archaeological evidence, cookbooks, plantation records, and folklore to present a nuanced study of the lives of enslaved plantation cooks from colonial times through emancipation and beyond. She reveals how these men and women were literally 'bound to the fire' as they lived and worked in the sweltering and often fetid conditions of plantation house kitchens. These highly skilled cooks drew upon skills and ingredients brought with them from their African homelands to create complex, labor-intensive dishes such as oyster stew, gumbo, and fried fish. However, their white owners overwhelmingly received the credit for their creations. Focusing on enslaved cooks at Virginia plantations including Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and George Washington's Mount Vernon, Deetz restores these forgotten figures to their rightful place in American and Southern history. Bound to the Fire not only uncovers their rich and complex stories and illuminates their role in plantation culture, but it celebrates their living legacy with the recipes that they created and passed down to future generations"--Provided by publisher. No. of Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Marion Public Library Top Floor 641.59296 DEE Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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