An African American Cookbook

This square shaped cookbook is part of the Remembering the Underground Railroad series. It serves as an important reference book because the recipes it contains are timeless resources of historic data. Each chapter is creatively named after an African American church hymn. Examples include: Wade in the Water, Steal Away, Swing Low, and We are Climbing Jacobs Ladder. Attendees of African American churches know about the important tradition of meeting and eating that goes on there. Mealtimes can be very spiritual. Both food and religion are interwoven in this book. This masterpiece is a mouth-watering medley of churches, songs, and cuisine found along the path of the Underground Railroad. Regional dishes include gumbo, collard greens, neck bones, ham hocks, okra, comfort food, soul food, oxtails, and many of the dishes you will still find in today's African Methodist Episcopal Churches.