Occasions to Savor – Our Meals, Menus and Memories

The sophisticated women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. are renowned for their chick Crimson and Cream Balls and fabulous Founder’s Day Luncheons, and even the beautiful bridal showers and delightful birthday parties executed with distinctive flair.  In this cookbook, the Deltas, who are 250,000 strong in membership, at last share their recipes and secrets to entertaining with panache.  Deltas across the country offer more than 200 recipes and twenty special-occasion menus.  From a forma luncheon to an elegant dinner to a backyard barbecue, recipes like Sunday-Afternoon Roasted Chicken, Blackberry Dumplings, Mama Ruth’s Crab Cakes, Wilma’s Jambalaya and Peach Cream Trifle will help you host an event – Delta style.  This cookbook is also a celebration of African-American sisterhood with the foreword by Dr. Camille Cosby and stories of high-profile Deltas like Dr. Johnetta Cole, Dr. Dorothy Height and Rube Dee which are interwoven between the exquisite full-color food photography featuring carefully chosen menus to depict “occasions to savor.”

ISBN 0-399-15203-2