Skip to content

Rare Books

Hoppin' John's Lowcountry cooking : recipes and ruminations from Charleston & the Carolina coastal plain

Image not available



You might also be interested in

  • Image not available

    Recipes : the cooking of Spain and Portugal

    Rare Books

    Discusses the cuisine of the provinces of Spain and Portugal. Provides many traditional recipes from these regions.

    639991

  • Image not available

    200 years of Charleston cooking

    Rare Books

    Traditional South Carolina recipes with anecdotes of Charleston's social life and conditions. Mentions the St. Cecelia Society, the coastal islands, the death of Aaron Burr's daughter, Ralph Bennett (the honey man), William Deas (the Rhett's butler), Dr. E.C. Adams, Mme. de Genlis, Leize Dawson owner of Villa Margherita, and includes several references African American street vendors and their wares and songs. Recipes are accompanied by many photographs of people and architectural details of the Charleston area.

    641189

  • South Carolina : city of Charleston

    South Carolina : city of Charleston

    Visual Materials

    Image of an elevated cityscape view of Charleston, South Carolina, showing boats in the harbor, in a shield motif; vignettes of the seal of South Carolina, and workers, including African Americans, moving cargo from a ship and farming.

    priJLC_VIEW_000571

  • Image not available

    200 years of Charleston cooking

    Rare Books

    Traditional South Carolina recipes with anecdotes of Charleston's social life and conditions. Mentions the St. Cecelia Society, the coastal islands, the death of Aaron Burr's daughter, Ralph Bennett (the honey man), William Deas (the Rhett's butler), Dr. E.C. Adams, Mme. de Genlis, Leize Dawson owner of Villa Margherita, and includes several references African American street vendors and their wares and songs.

    641176

  • Ruins of St. Johns & St. Finbars Cathedral, Charleston, S.C

    Ruins of St. Johns & St. Finbars Cathedral, Charleston, S.C

    Visual Materials

    Image of an eye-level street view of the gated ruins of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar in Charleston, South Carolina, showing pedestrians and carriages passing on the street.

    priJLC_REL_000643

  • Sketch of the Operations before Charleston the Capital of South Carolina 1780

    Sketch of the Operations before Charleston the Capital of South Carolina 1780

    Visual Materials

    Kashnor notes, "Shows the British warships bombarding the fort, and gives particulars of the forts, batteries, &c. of the opposing armies. 'Having surrendered by Capitulation the 12th May the Garrison laid down their Arms at I betwenn the Abbatis in front of the Hornwork.' Probably the earliest example of map engraving executed in South Carolina." [Ships shown are American and French, per "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships."] This map State II per Wheat & Brun who identify published information, date. LC record shows Thomas Abernethie opened engraving & printing shop in Charleston, SC, ca. 1785. MS notes: 85 Mus. Col. #105 (on backing). Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, statute. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Crowned shield. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Wheat and Brun 595. Verso Text: MS note: 85.

    105:085 M