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Opie, Frederick Douglass.

Hog and hominy : soul food from Africa to America / Frederick Douglass Opie.

p. cm — (Arts and traditions of the table)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-231-14638-8 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-14639-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-51797-3 (e-book)

1. African American cookery—History. 2. African Americans—Food—History. 3. African Americans—Social life and customs. 4. Cookery, American—Southern style—History. 5. Cookery—American—History. 6. Food habits—America—History. 7. Blacks—Food—America—History. 8. Blacks—America—Social life and customs. 9. Cookery, African—History. 10. Food habits—Africa—History.

I. Title. II. Series

TX715.0548 2008

641.59′296073—DC22      2008020309

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