If you’ve grown up or lived in Mississippi very long you know that ‘home cooking’ has a rich tradition in our state. Before it was common to search for meal ideas on the internet, communities and churches collected recipes in cookbooks, often spiral bound and handed down generation after generation.
A project underway at The University of Southern Mississippi is bringing together those Mississippi community cookbooks for a unique historical project. Layla Essary tells us why researchers believe this collection of cookbooks tells a comprehensive story about the life and times of 20th century Mississippians.
