Category Archives: Cookbooks

Interview with Ashley Bond, Division of Special Collections graduate assistant

Posted on May 4, 2015 by | Posted in: Ashley Bond, Book Arts, Cookbooks, Rare Books | Leave a comment

By: Ashley Bond, SLIS graduate student Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series profiling the graduate students who work in the Division of Special Collections. Haley Aaron, Alex Goolsby, Ellie Campbell, Mary Haney, and Katie Howard have also been featured. … Continue reading →

Pedagogy Series 3.4: The Muslim Recipe Book

Posted on November 27, 2014 by | Posted in: Book Collections, Cookbooks, Laci Thompson, Lupton African American Cookbook Collection, Pedagogy Series, Stacy Morgan | Leave a comment

By: Laci Thompson, MA student in American Studies Our pedagogy series is a way to highlight innovative teaching using primary sources housed in the Division of Special Collections. This post is our final portion of our series dedicated to Dr. Morgan’s … Continue reading →

Pedagogy Series 3.3: Soul Food Cookery

Posted on November 26, 2014 by | Posted in: Book Collections, Cookbooks, Lupton African American Cookbook Collection, Pedagogy Series, Samm Banks, Stacy Morgan | Leave a comment

By: Samm Banks, MA student in American Studies Our pedagogy series is a way to highlight innovative teaching using primary sources housed in the Division of Special Collections. Read the first and second posts of this series if you haven’t already. … Continue reading →

Pedagogy Series 3.2: Our Community Roots

Posted on November 25, 2014 by | Posted in: Book Collections, Cookbooks, Emily Tarvin, Lupton African American Cookbook Collection, Pedagogy Series, Stacy Morgan | Leave a comment

By: Emily Tarvin, MA student in American Studies Our pedagogy series is a way to highlight innovative teaching using primary sources housed in the Division of Special Collections. Read Dr. Morgan’s introduction to his series if you haven’t already. Emily Tarvin, … Continue reading →

Pedagogy Series 3.1: American Folklore and the Lupton Cookbook Collection

Posted on November 24, 2014 by | Posted in: Book Collections, Cookbooks, Lupton African American Cookbook Collection, Pedagogy Series, Stacy Morgan | Leave a comment

By: Dr. Stacy Morgan, Associate Professor in American Studies Our pedagogy series is a way to highlight innovative teaching using primary sources housed in the Division of Special Collections. Interested in reviewing our earlier features? If so, check out Brooke Champagne’s Honors First … Continue reading →

German Cookbooks: A Hidden Gem in the Wade Hall Collection

Posted on June 30, 2014 by | Posted in: Cookbooks, Mark Robison, Wade Hall Collection | Leave a comment

By: Mark Robison, University of Alabama Information Services Librarian Although the demands on food are growing ever larger — one person places value on the fanciest treats, while another insists on the lowest possible calorie count –, every now and … Continue reading →

The Culinary Arts of Clementine Hunter, Louisiana’s Black “Grandma Moses”

Posted on November 25, 2013 by | Posted in: Allyson Holliday, Book Collections, Cookbooks, Lupton African American Cookbook Collection | 1 Comment

By: Allyson Holliday, W.S. Hoole Library Complex Copy-Cataloger Clementine Hunter was born in 1880 “in the lower reaches of the lush Cane River country” of Louisiana (Introduction, 4-5). She grew up working in the cotton fields and pecan groves of different … Continue reading →

Makes your eyes light up. Your tummy say, "Howdy!"

Posted on May 13, 2011 by | Posted in: Alabama Collection, Cookbooks, Jessica Lacher-Feldman | Leave a comment

Stove Pilot. Eleventh Edition, September, 1955. Alabama Collection. TX 715.U54 A couple of pages from the fantastic community cookbook, Stove Pilot, part of the Hoole Library’s Alabama Collection and in the Wade Hall Collection of Southern History and Culture. Stove … Continue reading →

The David Walker Lupton African American Cookbook Collection — So much more than recipes!

Posted on February 4, 2008 by | Posted in: Book Collections, Cookbooks, Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Lupton African American Cookbook Collection | 2 Comments

The University of Alabama Libraries holds one of the largest collections of African American cookbooks in the country – some 450 volumes (and growing!) covering the period from 1827, when the first book with recipes by an African American was … Continue reading →