The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks Knopf Publishing Group and Blueberry and Peach Cobbler

and Blueberry and Peach Cobbler finish your meal on the perfect sweet note

low-sodium Country Black-eyed Peas and Okra

and Dulce de Leche Banana Pudding

Chosen as one of Martha Stewart's "Dreamers into Doers" in 2008

KELLY ALEXANDER is a former

The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks Knopf Publishing Group and Blueberry and Peach CobblerAuthor: Toni Tipton Martin Winner, James Beard Foundation Book Award, 2016 Art of Eating Prize, 2015 BCALA Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, 2016 Women of African descent have contributed to America's food culture for centuries, but their rich and varied involvement is still overshadowed by the demeaning stereotype of an illiterate "Aunt Jemima" who cooked mostly by natural instinct. To