Ms. Yearwood's memory of 'Cookbook: American Women’s Group of Georgetown, Guyana, South America'

Introduction

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Cookbook: American Women’s Group of Georgetown, Guyana, South America, is a cookbook published in 1976 by the American Women’s Group of Georgetown, Guyana. One of its owners, Ms. C. Annabelle Yearwood, recalls the memory of her grandmother, Josephine, "JoJo," and her mother, Iris, during colonial Guyana after discussing he national dish of Guyana in a brief audio interview about the cookbook and food. This Clio page is dedicated to the memory of food and matrilineal caregiving.

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Undated image of Ms. C. A. Yearwood

Sepia image of woman with braid and hair ribbon.

The "forward [sic.]" is by Margarida Blacken who staffed the Final Assembly, a “cookbook staff” committee, presumptively speaking.

Title: Cookbook: American Women’s Group of Georgetown, Guyana, South America

The documented recipe for, Pepperpot the national dish of Guyana

Backstory and Context

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Listen to a narration of this entry's description by Asma Neblett.

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About Ms. Yearwood -

Ms. C.A. Yearwood is an 82 year-old retiree and former domestic worker born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1939. During the height of immigration in the 1970s and 80s, Ms. Yearwood and her family relocated to parts of Europe, Canada, and the United States in search of work. She has called New York City home for than 40 years.

In the candid featured 3 minute track, Ms. C.A. Yearwood recalls the memories of their grandmother, Jojo, and her mother, Iris, in colonial Guyana.

About the Text -

Cookbook: American Women’s Group of Georgetown, Guyana, South America was published approximately six years after Guyana’s independence as a republic in 1970. The text is complied by The American Women’s Group of Georgetown, Guyana to edify American women residents about the purposing of local food and to raise funds for their charities. The cost of the cookbook is unclear at the time of this entry.

“Mrs. Esther Krebs” of Max V. Krebs, the then U.S. Ambassador to Guyana in 1974-1976, is credited as the progenitor for the text according to its foreword by Margarida Blacken who staffed the Final Assembly, a “cookbook staff” committee. The cited document, "The Vice President is Meeting with Ambassador Max V. Krebs," serves as a fact-check to the dates and names itemized in the foreword section and featured for this Clio page.

Sources

Text - Cookbook: American Women’s Group of Georgetown, Guyana, South America

Webpage - THE VICE PRESIDENT IS MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR MAX V. KREBS, Accessed May 23rd 2021. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0023/002302751.pdf.

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Personal item of Ms. C.A. Yearwood

Cookbook: American Women’s Group of Georgetown, Guyana, South America