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| Author | Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Soul food Gullah culture |
| Genre | Cookbook |
| Published | 1970 (Doubleday) |
| Publication place | United States |
Vibration Cooking: Or, the Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl is the 1970 debut book byVertamae Smart-Grosvenor and combines recipes with storytelling.[1] It was published byDoubleday.[2] A second edition was published in 1986,[3] and a third edition was published in 1992.[4] TheUniversity of Georgia published another edition in 2011.[5] Smart-Grosvenor went on to publish more cookbooks afterVibration Cooking.[6]Vibration Cooking raised awareness aboutGullah culture.[7]
Scholar Anne E. Goldman comparedVibration Cooking with Jessica Harris'Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons, arguing that, in both books, "the model of the self... is historicized by being developed in the context of colonialism."[8]Lewis V. Baldwin recommendedVibration Cooking for its "interesting and brilliant insights on the social significance of food and eating and their relationship to 'place' in a southern context."[9] The book inspired filmmakerJulie Dash to make the filmDaughters of the Dust, which won awards at theSundance Film Festival.[10]
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