Soul Food Cookery by Inez Yeargan Kaiser - 1968

NY: Pitman Publishing Corp., 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. Scarce author inscribed copy. The Soul Food Cookery cookbook by Inez Y. Kaiser Revised edition, August 1968. The book is paperback and bound with a white plastic comb spine. The first copyright for this title was 1960, however this 1968 Pitman revised edition is the only edition to appear in circulation. Inez Yeargan Kaiser is a recognized pioneering African American businesswoman. A copy of her cookbook is in the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Inez Yeargan Kaiser taught home economics for more than 20 years in public schools. In 1957, she founded Inez Kaiser & Associates, which was both the first public relations firm led by an African-American woman and the first major business owned by an African American to open in Kansas City. By the early 1960s, after securing 7 Up and other big accounts, she had become the first African-American woman to run a public relations firm with national clients. This volume exhibits some edge wear, and old damp stain at the bottom; overall it's in nice condition..