Mammy Pleasant's Cookbook: A Treasury of Gourmet Recipes from Victorian America by Helen (O'Donnell) Holdredge

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  • ISBN 10 0912238046
  • ISBN 13 9780912238043
  • Published Jan 01 1970
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 157
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Scribner

Publishers Text

Mammy Pleasant was an extraordinary cook and one of the most notorious women of 19th century America. Born a slave and later freed, she cooked her way to fame, fortune and power from New England to New Orleans to her famous bonanza banquets in San Francisco. The incredible tale of her life is here interwoven with her original recipes.