African American cooking

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 deep, multi-faceted exploration of soul food describes African American culinary traditions in the full context of the African diaspora. While focusing on the global influences on African American food culture, this book simultaneously provides an enriching overview of African American history from the 15th to 20th centuries.