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Family donates cookbooks honoring Black cuisine to Washburne

Family donates cookbooks honoring Black cuisine to Washburne
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    Post #1 - February 23rd, 2023, 9:30 am
    Post #1 - February 23rd, 2023, 9:30 am Post #1 - February 23rd, 2023, 9:30 am
    Family donates hundreds of cookbooks honoring Black cuisine to Chicago's Washburne culinary school
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    McWorter Marsh donated her entire collection of more than 1,700 cookbooks to the Washburne Culinary Institute at Kennedy King College.

    It's the 83-year old's wish for future generations to preserve Black culinary traditions.

    McWorter Marsh is honoring her own legacy.

    She's the great-great granddaughter of Free Frank McWorter, an enslaved man who bought his freedom and his wife's settling in southern Illinois in the 1830s, where he founded the town New Philadelphia.
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    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #2 - February 23rd, 2023, 9:33 am
    Post #2 - February 23rd, 2023, 9:33 am Post #2 - February 23rd, 2023, 9:33 am
    A friend donated her Judaica culinary collection to Washburne last summer.
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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