The Weclome Table: African-American Heritage Cooking
Jessica B. Harris. Simon & Schuster, $16 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-684-81837-5
Cookbook celebrating the history of African American cuisine. (Dec.)
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Reviewed on: 12/02/1996
Genre: Nonfiction
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