Mama Doonk's Gullah Recipes

Mama Doonk's Gullah Recipes
Author: Theresa Jenkins Hilliard
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2018-10-31
Genre: Cooking, American
ISBN: 9781981172641

Theresa Jenkins Hilliard was born on Edisto Island, SC where she spent her early childhood under the guardianship of her beloved grandmother, Susan Jenkins, affectionately known as Mama Doonk. She developed an interest in cooking at an early age and watched attentively as her grandmother prepared the family meals. Her grandmother always involved her in the preparation of the meals by assigning her to whatever her little hands could do. This was her grandmother's way of teaching her. She later began cooking at an early age under her grandmother's tutelage. She has been preparing Gullah cuisine for her family and friends for the past sixty years. What began as a scrapbook of recipes for her children culminated into "Mama Doonk's Gullah Recipes" Book named for her grandmother. Theresa later moved to the historic Maryville/Ashleyville neighborhood in the West Ashley area of Charleston, on the site where Charleston was founded in 1670, to live with her mother Molly. Molly moved to Charleston during the Great Migration of the 1940s to work as a cook for a wealthy south of Broad Street family. Under her mother's tutelage, Theresa's love for cooking continued to grow. Food was always the focal point of every celebration. No matter the occasion, food was a part of it. Theresa always prepared the celebratory meals, which always included Gullah food. This book includes dishes prepared by her grandmother, her mother, and her aunt, as well as some of Theresa's favorite dishes that she has prepared during the years. You will find her grandmother's rabbit, opossum, and raccoon stew, shrimp and grits, corn fritters, okra soup, and mouthwatering homemade biscuits. She includes her mother's corn muffins and roast duck, as well as, her Aunt Edna's, squash casserole and easy pound cake. Her ancestors were all great cooks. This book gives you a glimpse of history when food were from the land, sea, wood, fields and trees, long before all of the modern conveniences of "store bought" food. Their food was literally from the field to the plate long before it became popular. Theresa adds some antidotes that will make you chuckle as you reminisce. Take a step back in time with her. This book will jog the memory of some and give others a peek into the past. "Hunna en had good eatin' 'til ya' grease ya' mouf' wid Gullah food." (You all haven't had good eating until you've eaten Gullah food). Theresa's descendants were members of a distinctive group of people known as Gullah-Geechee. Theresa stands on the wings of three very special women whose teachings have made a significant impact on her life. This book is dedicated to her beloved grandmother, Mama Doonk, her most treasured mother Molly and her dear aunt, Edna. Their recipes will live on forever between these pages.

Gullah Recipes

Gullah Recipes
Author: Darren M. Campbell, Sr.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2017-01-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781542352932

Charleston's Gullah Recipes: The Gullah People have managed to keep many aspects of their cultural heritage alive today, as evident in their dialect and through their food. We call it love food because you could tell that someone who cared prepared it. They knew that taste mattered. The Gullah People cooked with everything they grew and brought over from Africa. Now you can enjoy many of the same dishes that were handed down for generations. You have not really eaten until you have tasted some of the delicious meals from Charleston's Gullah Recipes.

Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way

Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way
Author: Sallie Ann Robinson
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2014-02-01
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0807889628

If there's one thing we learned coming up on Daufuskie," remembers Sallie Ann Robinson, "it's the importance of good, home-cooked food." In this enchanting book, Robinson presents the delicious, robust dishes of her native Sea Islands and offers readers a taste of the unique, West African-influenced Gullah culture still found there. Living on a South Carolina island accessible only by boat, Daufuskie folk have traditionally relied on the bounty of fresh ingredients found on the land and in the waters that surround them. The one hundred home-style dishes presented here include salads and side dishes, seafood, meat and game, rice, quick meals, breads, and desserts. Gregory Wrenn Smith's photographs evoke the sights and tastes of Daufuskie. "Here are my family's recipes," writes Robinson, weaving warm memories of the people who made and loved these dishes and clear instructions for preparing them. She invites readers to share in the joys of Gullah home cooking the Daufuskie way, to make her family's recipes their own.

Gullah Cuisine

Gullah Cuisine
Author: Charlotte Jenkins
Publisher: EveningPostBooks
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780982515426

Take a journey into Chef Charlotte Jenkins' creative kitchen, and also into her life. Charlotte and her husband Frank grew up Gullah at a time when the Old Ways were giving way to the New Ways, part of the generation that bridged those two worlds. Charlotte learned to cook the way her mama, her grandmamma and all the mamas that have come before her - by working alongside one another. She also trained at Johnson & Wales Culinary Institute in Charleston, where she adapted the traditional recipes to be more healthful. In1997, she and her husband Frank opened Gullah Cuisine in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and were widely acknowledged as offering the best of authentic Gullah cooking. This book brings Charlotte's wonderful recipes to you - and more than that. It's a tale of connection, sharing a world the Gullah built. Narrative is by critically-acclaimed author William P. Baldwin, photographs by Pulitzer Prize-nominee Mic Smith, and art by beloved Gullah painter Jonathan Green.

Alderdene

Alderdene
Author: Norris Paul
Publisher:
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1890
Genre:
ISBN:

Bress 'n' Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Generation Farmer

Bress 'n' Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Generation Farmer
Author: Matthew Raiford
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1682686051

More than 100 heirloom recipes from a dynamic chef and farmer working the lands of his great-great-great grandfather. From Hot Buttermilk Biscuits and Sweet Potato Pie to Salmon Cakes on Pepper Rice and Gullah Fish Stew, Gullah Geechee food is an essential cuisine of American history. It is the culinary representation of the ocean, rivers, and rich fertile loam in and around the coastal South. From the Carolinas to Georgia and Florida, this is where descendants of enslaved Africans came together to make extraordinary food, speaking the African Creole language called Gullah Geechee. In this groundbreaking and beautiful cookbook, Matthew Raiford pays homage to this cuisine that nurtured his family for seven generations. In 2010, Raiford’s Nana handed over the deed to the family farm to him and his sister, and Raiford rose to the occasion, nurturing the farm that his great-great-great grandfather, a freed slave, purchased in 1874. In this collection of heritage and updated recipes, he traces a history of community and family brought together by food.

Cooking the Gullah Way, Morning, Noon, and Night

Cooking the Gullah Way, Morning, Noon, and Night
Author: Sallie Ann Robinson
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2009-08-31
Genre:
ISBN: 1458722341

Although technology and development were slow in coming to Daufuskie, the island is now changing rapidly. With this book, Robinson highlights some of her favorite memories and delicious recipes from life on Daufuskie, where the islanders traditionally ate what they grew in the soil, caught in the river, and hunted in the woods. The unique food traditions of Gullah culture contain a blend of African, European, and Native American influences. Reflecting the rhythm of a day in the kitchen, from breakfast to dinner (and anywhere in between), this cookbook collects seventy-five recipes for easy-to-prepare, robustly flavored dishes. Robinson also includes twenty-five folk remedies, demonstrating how in the Gullah culture, in the not-so-distant past, food and medicine were closely linked and the sea and the land provided what islanders needed to survive. In her spirited introduction and chapter openings, Robinson describes how cooking the Gullah way has enriched her life, from her childhood on the island to her adulthood on the nearby mainland.

A Guide to Charleston's African American Historical Markers

A Guide to Charleston's African American Historical Markers
Author: Theresa Jenkins Hilliard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2020-11-13
Genre:
ISBN:

This book takes the reader on a tour of African Americans Historical Markers in the city of Charleston, SC. Many sites where Free Blacks lived, worked, went to school, and owned businesses during slavery and reconstruction have disappeared, others have been repurposed or remodeled into something unrecognizable. Some of the sites are marked with historical markers and many have disappeared without a trace. Charleston is a city where hundreds of thousands of visitors visit each year to enjoy its rich history of beautiful homes and gardens that were built by enslaved Africans and African Americans and to learn about the history of slavery in this city. This city has a rich Gullah-Geechee culture. This author grew up in this culture and is passionate about sharing her history. Between these pages you will find markers of African and African American homes, schools, churches and businesses. This book takes you on a tour of those sites. Most are in the city of Charleston but some significant markers from nearby cities have been included. It gives you a glimpse of Black History at a time when Blacks had no history. This is a book with all of the markers in one place by streets making it easy for you to plan your visit. You can use it as an educational tool or a guide. As you visit the markers, think of the dearly departed and pause for a moment to celebrate their lives and reminisce about their history and perseverance. Living through the pain of slavery and Jim Crow laws to obtain home ownership, educate themselves, and start their own businesses was a huge challenge, but they made it and many were extremely successful in business, politics and many occupations. I hope this book makes your visit a bit easier and more enjoyable.

Gullah Cookbook

Gullah Cookbook
Author: Abebe Kimathi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2021-06-20
Genre:
ISBN:

5th Generation Gullah Geechee Chef Reveals: The Secrets Of 150-Year-Old Traditions That Industrial Revolution Hasn't Touched Yet!(Over 300 Delicious Recipes Included!) Would you like to taste some of the oldest Afro-American traditional dishes brought from the African Continent and managed to survive during Slavery? Maybe you have Gullah Geechee roots and want to bridge the gap separating your current life and the one your ancestors used to be living? Or maybe you are just curious about how food culture in The United States was born and some of the traditional foods that laid the foundation of what we eat now? If you answered "Yes" to at least one of these questions, please read on... There are a lot of traditions and cultures dying Today... Not only because children want to leave their roots behind, but more so because the growing economies and "real estate money-makers" wish to own every piece of our beautiful land, make significant profits and bring wads of cash for the rich. Of course, it's nearly impossible to win against these giants, and probably we will lose this fight eventually. But, there will always be something that unites us all, and we will do our best to pass on these great traditions and tastes for generations after us. Inside this book, you'll find over 300 unique, affordable, and time-saving traditional Gullah Geechee recipes I tested and collected during the last 3 years from some of the best cooks in South Carolina (some say it is the capital of Gullah Geechee Culture) Take a look at what's inside: - What it's like to be a true Gullah Geechee? Island Life Revealed (a must-read chapter if you want to understand the fundamentals of this ancient culture) - What is special about Gullah food? Why and how has it has survived for so many years and decades? (the secrets of the most amazing Gullah tastes revealed) - Over 300 Traditional Gullah Recipes with ingredients from your local grocery store (and how to make Gullah cooking convenient and simple without disrespecting its true traditions and culture) - Are you a fan of meat, fish, or seafood? You'll love this massive recipes section... - Traditional beans, peas, rice, and other casseroles recipes (suitable for vegetarians and conventional food lovers) - Salad, Vegetable and Bread recipes (a complete meal selection for just about every occasion or meeting you can think of) - Preserving recipes to get your favorite food ready for whenever you feel like eating in minutes! (great way to enjoy your favorite Gullah dishes any time of the year!) - Detailed cooking instructions, serving sizes, and nutritional facts included (to make sure you succeed with every meal you cook) - Much much more... The secrets inside this cookbook you are about to discover were born over 150 years ago, and now I am giving them to you! So cherish them and cook every meal with love and passion! Scroll up, click on "Buy Now," and Enjoy!

In the Midst of It

In the Midst of It
Author: Arthur Robinson
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2012-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781447783220

The authorised biography of Arthur NR Robinson, former Prime Minister and President of Trinidad and Tobago, and Founding Father of the International Criminal Court (ICC)