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Two Hundred Years of Charleston Cooking

✍️ Rhett, Blanche S
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🏛 University of South Carolina Press 📅 2021 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9781643361987

📝 Description: Two Hundred Years of Charleston Cooking

A 1930s collection of more than 300 recipes from South Carolina housewives and the African American cooks they employed

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This book is not for the casual baker seeking modern techniques or aesthetic inspiration. Its value lies strictly in its archival nature rather than culinary innovation. It suits only those with a specific academic or genealogical interest in South Carolina history. The lack of detailed nutritional information or updated measurements may frustrate modern cooks. However, for the historian, it is an invaluable window into the past. Do not buy this for daily use; buy it for context. It is a reference work, not a cookbook for the present day.
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Eatbook Family editorial team

This book is not for the casual baker seeking modern techniques or aesthetic inspiration. Its value lies strictly in its archival nature rather than culinary innovation. It suits only those with a specific academic or genealogical interest in South Carolina history. The lack of detailed nutritional information or updated measurements may frustrate modern cooks. However, for the historian, it is an invaluable window into the past. Do not buy this for daily use; buy it for context. It is a reference work, not a cookbook for the present day.

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