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Flowers add some sunny color to baked goods and drinks.
food

The Colorful World of Edible Flowers

A new book catalogs 105 floral ingredients for everything from pasta to pies.
Anne Ewbank September 15, 2021
Kearney, Nebraska

Morris Press Cookbook Store

Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.
<em>Hudutu,</em> a classic Garifuna dish.
food

Meet the Woman Writing the First Garifuna Cookbook

Isha Gutierrez-Sumner seeks to preserve, protect, and popularize her people's cuisine.
Shehzil Zahid September 10, 2021
Morris Press is a factory, store, and showcase of the American community cookbook.
bookstores

Inside the Company Printing America's Community Cookbooks

Churches, scout troops, and clown collectives all depend on Morris Press.
Sam O'Brien September 10, 2021
Gregory, with Dr. Alvenia Fulton, one of his nutrition mentors.
civil rights

The Legacy of a Civil Rights Icon's Vegetarian Cookbook

Dick Gregory was an activist, comedian, and trendsetter for Black vegans.
Shea Peters July 21, 2021
Though he wasn't a cook himself, Vodnik's cookbook contained a whopping 300 recipes.
food

The 18th-Century Cookbook That Helped Save the Slovene Language

With 300 decadent recipes, a relentless priest united regional dialects and preserved a common tongue.
Kaja Seruga July 7, 2021
Waddles, with copies of her poetry-infused "Soul Food Cookbook."
food

The Poetry-Loving Cook Who Fed Detroit's Soul

With a 35-cent-meal restaurant and other charities, Mother Waddles was "a one-woman war on poverty."
Omnia Saed June 17, 2021
One of the included cookbooks, <em>Cooking by Kadambila Saraswati</em>, is about South Canara cuisine.
food

Cook Your Way Through Regional Indian Recipes With This Online Archive

A student project is digitizing the subcontinent's community cookbooks.
Sharanya Deepak May 3, 2021
Both the cover image of "Whoever Said Dykes Can't Cook?" and its contents emphasized how cooking can be a joyful, loving act.
food

How Lesbian Luminaries Put Together a Groundbreaking Cookbook

'Whoever Said Dykes Can't Cook?' combined art, food, and fundraising.
Rachel Hope Cleves April 26, 2021
Crisco released a slender cookbook aimed at "the Jewish Housewife."
libraries

Inside the World's Largest Jewish Cookbook Collection

A librarian with a love for eBay built this trove of culinary history.
Anne Ewbank March 24, 2021
This 17th-century cookbook contains both recipes and propaganda.
objects of intrigue

Eat Like England’s First Non-Royal Ruler With This Propaganda-Filled Cookbook

Opponents of Oliver Cromwell published his family recipes, with a side of fake news.
Anne Ewbank March 10, 2021
This dessert from <em>Hiakai</em> features pears poached in <em>manono</em> tree bark with <em>horopito</em> (pepper tree) ice cream and almond "soil" made of toasted almonds and crushed biscuits.
maori

Feast on This Guide to Modern Māori Cooking

A groundbreaking book celebrates New Zealand's indigenous cuisine.
Reina Gattuso January 28, 2021
Paul Couchman holds the manuscript cookbook.
food

The Chef Recreating 18th-Century Recipes From a Thrift-Shop Find

Bake an old-timey cake from this handwritten cookbook.
Reina Gattuso January 5, 2021
A selection of soups from <em>The Chicken Soup Manifesto</em>.
chickens

Around the World in 130 Chicken-Soup Recipes

A new cookbook is devoted entirely to the soothing, healing meal.
Kayla Stewart November 30, 2020
Like her concise recipes, Malinda Russell's two-page biography leaves much to the reader's imagination.
food

What I Learned About a Pioneering Black Cookbook Author by Cooking Her Recipes

Little is known about the first African-American woman to publish a cookbook.
Cherene Sherrard November 20, 2020
Chunks of ice floating in water? Nope: coarse salt.
food

The Microscopic Majesty of Sugars, Salts, and Spices

A molecular biologist turned food writer put kitchen staples under the microscope.
Anne Ewbank October 8, 2020
During the Bengal Famine, rice was precious, but not necessarily scarce.
food

A ‘Forgotten Holocaust’ Is Missing From Indian Food Stories

One of Bengal’s greatest tragedies is overlooked in the West. It’s missing from cookbooks and food writing, too.
Sharanya Deepak September 17, 2020
A portrait of Jang Gye-hyang hangs in the Eumsik-Dimibang Exhibition Center.
food

The Oldest Cookbook in Korean Was Written by a Genius Noblewoman

A poet and artist, she penned the recipes in her old age.
Hahna Yoon September 3, 2020