Another Author Driven By Desperation
The Elusive Malinda Russell and her Domestic Cook book
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27716Keywords:
Malinda Russell, 19th Century, United States, Afro-American history, A Domestic Cookbook, cookbooks, reception history, publishing history, food and genderAbstract
A study of the black cookbook writer Malinda Russell and the Civil War context in which she published her Domestic Cook Book and the reception afforded the book since publication.
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