Toni Tipton-Martin, a food journalist and the first Black food editor in a major U.S. newspaper, explores the neglect of Black cocktail recipes in her research. Her findings reveal that the absence of dedicated Black cocktail books is not due to a lack of talent among Black bartenders but rather the stigma surrounding alcohol consumption during the civil rights era. Through her work, especially her book "Juke Joints," she aims to preserve the legacies of Black mixologists and encourage conversations about their contributions to culinary history.
"Ultimately, Tipton-Martin says what she learned from her research is that there was a fairly simple explanation for why there were no Black cocktail books in the 1920s and '30s and on through the peak years of the civil rights movement - and it wasn't because there weren't talented, creative Black bartenders. Instead, what stood out to her was the stigma that was associated with alcohol consumption."
"My ambition is to ensure that African American workers who plied their trade behind the bar are not forgotten."
"Instead, she hopes they'll talk about Malinda's Russell's Domestic Cookbook from 1866, or Julian Anderson's 1919 compendium, Julian's Recipes. That's the way we keep the ancestors' stories alive."
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