Item #025427 The Savannah Cook Book; a Collectionof Old Fashioned Recipts from Colonial Kitchens. Harriet Ross Colquitt, Ogden Nash.

The Savannah Cook Book; a Collectionof Old Fashioned Recipts from Colonial Kitchens

Charleston, SC; (1933): Published By the Author. Octavo. Item #025427

xviii, 186 pages. With an introduction by Ogden Nash. A delightful item with the caricature of the large black mammy followed by a black cat. An original long poem with references to the book, the author, and many puns such as the one which refers to Mark Hanna [pun on Savannah]. A nice copy with his poem printed both at the beginning of the book and on the back cover. A few of the recipes include; Johnny Cakes, Corn Dodgers, Hoe Cake, Corn Sticks, Corn Bread Fritters and Dabs, just a few breads to go with your Possum and Taters or Chicken Gumbo. Decorations by Florence Olmstead. Wire spiral bound pictorial paper covers. Minor light wear to corners. A very good copy. [Bitting p. 95].

Price: $85.00

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