A Smorgasbord of Cleora Butler's Cooking
A tableful of her recipes you'll want to try!
As noted in Tuesday’s post, I’ve put together a small compendium of Cleora’s recipes from her essential cookbook, Cleora Butler’s cookbook, Cleora’s Kitchens: The Memoir of a Cook & Eight Decades of Great American Food. I’ve arranged the recipes in the manner of the book—by the decades of her family and professional cooking. It begins in the 1900’s with her mother’s chow-chow and end in the 1980s with a recipe for jalapeno cornbread. A couple of recipes come by way of her employers and friend. Her brother contributes mushroom sauce that’s just the thing to brighten up a Sunday’s roast beef.
I’ve chosen two recipes for each decade and decided to photograph the recipes directly from the book rather than retype them out so you wouldn’t miss some of Butler’s valuable asides. It’s not pretty but you’ll find the recipes easy to read.
Enjoy Recipes from Cleora’s Kitchens, The Memoir of a Cook & Eight Decades of Great American Food. From experience, I know you’ll want to try a few—or all of them. If you do, please send photos!
And buy her book. It’ll quickly became on of your favorites.