ELLEN ROLFES BOOKS – Ellen Rolfes Books, Inc. is a book packaging company that specializes in cause-related publishing with titles that focus on the domestic arts. Ellen works in collaborative partnership with non-profit organizations and corporations to publish a wide range of titles with New York trade houses. She is represented by the Blumer Literary Agency in New York City.
How to Write and Publish a Classic Cookbook – Co-Author (New American Library, 1986)
The Black Family Reunion Cookbook – With the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (Tradery House, 1988; Simon & Schuster, 1994)
Celebracion: Recipes & Traditions Celebrating Latino Family Life – By Regina Cordova and Emma Carrasco for the National Council of La Raza (Doubleday, 1996)
Mother’s Africa Table – With the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (Doubleday, 1996)
The Junior League Centennial Cookbook – With the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (Doubleday, 1996)
A Gracious Plenty – With the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi (Putnam, 1999)
The Bread of Life – With the National Episcopal Church Women (Morehouse, 1999)
The Junior League Celebration Cookbook – With the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (Putnam, 2000)
The Church Ladies’ Divine Desserts – By Brenda Rhodes Miller (Putnam, 2001)
The Church Ladies’ Celestial Suppers – By Brenda Rhodes Miller (Putnam, 2004)
The Junior League at Home – With Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (Putnam, 2003)
Occasions to Savor – With Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (Putnam, 2004)
Graceland’s Table – With Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (Rutledge Hill, 2005)
POSTSCRIPT: My dear cousin, Jack Dodson in Clarksdale, MS, emailed, “Well, you are a very busy person and all over the Internet. I knew you were destined for greatness when you won that doll contest! If only you had been there in 1875 to help with the cookbook shortage!”