Delicious Recipes

Memphis, Tennessee: Universal Life Insurance Co, Circa 1930s to 1940s. 12mo, 6 x 4.25", stapled illustrated wrappers, 32 pp. A rare cookbook issued by an African American insurance company in Memphis. Dr. Joseph Walker founded the Universal Life Insurance Company on Beale Street in Memphis in 1923, a firm dedicated to "improving the economic condition of people of color," which would become one of the largest Black-owned companies in the nation (memphisheritage.org). Includes recipes for Southern favorites such as Southern spoon corn bread, chicken gumbo, shrimp Louisiana style, and creole sauce, together with recipes for chili con carne, Hungarian Goulash, cream horns, prune souffle, sour milk doughnuts, roast stuffed jumbo squabs and more. The rear cover prints promotional text for the company. Not found in OCLC. Some creasing to booklet, toning to pages, foxing and bit of staining to covers. Item #11519

Price: $2,500.00