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For decades, smiling images of "Aunt Jemima" and other historical and fictional black cooks could be found on various food products and in advertising. Although these images were sanitized and romanticized in American popular culture, they represented 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, coo

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Author

Deetz, Kelley Fanto

Publisher

The University Press of Kentucky

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813174754

Category

social science

Subjects

Home & Lifestyle, Cooking, History

Rating

4.6 / 5 (163 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14