The Mississippi Cookbook Virginia Toni Tipton-Martin has spent years

Toni Tipton-Martin has spent years amassing one of the world's largest private collections of cookbooks published by African American authors

Use it as cornichons on a pate plate or charcuterie spread

Deals are done

He has been nominated for six James Beard awards

From his first chapter on cornmeal--with recipes for dumplings

The Mississippi Cookbook Virginia Toni Tipton-Martin has spent yearsAuthor: Mississippi Cooperative Extensi Service The Mississippi Cookbook was prepared in an attempt to collect, make available, and thus preserve the favorite recipes of fine cooks throughout Mississippi. Over 7,000 recipes were collected from all areas of the state. From this total, the home economists of the state Cooperative Extension Service had the painfully difficult task of screening the amount down to the 1,200 best recipes. The names of the