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The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks is a historical study by Toni Tipton-Martin published in 2015 by the University of Texas Press. The book catalogs and analyzes more than 150 African American cookbooks from the 19th and 20th centuries. It received the 2016 James Beard Foundation Book Award in the Reference and Scholarship category.
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The Jemima Code ranks #9 of 488 in the Cookbook ranking, behind The Food Lab, ahead of The Wok: Recipes and Techniques.
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The Jemima Code scores 9.07/10 (Excellent) on Lunoo, making it one of the highest-rated options in the Cookbook category. James Beard-winning historical reference, major recovery of Black cookbook history; not a conventional recipe book.
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