Malinda Russell's Domestic Cook Book
| When | Thursday, February 27, 2025 from 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM |
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| Where | Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown, 4th Floor Meeting Room 343 S. Fifth Ave., Ann Arbor View directions |
| Event type | Lecture/Discussion |
In 1866, Malinda Russell published "A Domestic Cook Book" in Paw Paw, Michigan. As the oldest known cookbook by an African American woman, this slim volume is a landmark in American culinary history. The only known copy resides in the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive in the U-M Library’s Special Collections Research Center. Join us for a reception and panel discussion celebrating a new edition released by the University of Michigan Press. The reception will begin at 5:15pm, with the conversation to follow at 5:45pm.
Panelists:
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Sakina Hughes, Associate Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies, Santa Clara University.
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Cherene Sherrard-Johnson. E. Wilson Lyon Professor of the Humanities, Pomona College
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Jessica Kenyatta Walker, Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies and Assistant Professor of American Culture, University of Michigan
The Ann Arbor District Library intends to provide a live stream of this event pending the presenter's permission. Please check their site closer to the event for updates.
Sponsored by the U-M Library (Special Collections Research Center and Michigan Publishing) and the Ann Arbor District Library.
A Domestic Cook Book, by Malinda Russell, 1866 — the original, and the reprint.
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Juli McLoone · jmcloone@umich.edu
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