In the text of The Butler’s guidebook, Roberts even instructs young men about how to govern their lives.
It wasn’t until 1866 that the first black woman to release a cookbook, Malinda Russell, released A Domestic Cook Book, featuring recipes like delicate rose cake and elegant catfish fricassee and sweet onion custard. Her recipes challenged what historians thought about traditional black dishes and soul food.
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Little Known Black History Fact: The House Servant’s Directory was originally published on blackamericaweb.com
