Hodd Cookbook

by | Nov 20, 2019 | Text-emails, 1900-1999, Hodd | 0 comments

Reply from Keja Valens:

 
Dear Peter, Thank you so much for asking around! If you or any of the others are interested, you can see a digital copy of the (second) 1910 or 1911 edition here http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/lat/id/154/rec/1 I have heard that a few copies of the first edition are still in Trinidad, perhaps even at the Historical Society or a library and if I am able to travel there and see one, I’ll send you scans of anything special in it. I’m researching Caribbean cookbooks from the 19th through the 21st centuries as part of a book that I’m writing on the role that cookbooks, and the women who write them, play in forming local and national cultures. At the moment, I’m working on a chapter on West Indian cookbooks of the early 20th century, to which B.H. (Hodd) Lickfold’s belongs. One of the fascinating things about these cookbooks how they show the tight-knit communities of women in the West Indies who record their recipes. Your research and family stories confirm and add to what I’ve been finding. I’ll be sure to let you know if I find anything more related to your family. Best, Keja
 
My reply to Keja:
 

Hi Keja, Many thanks for your fascinating, informative note. I will pass it on to family and place it in the family tree. Thank you. I find your tack here particularly interesting as a way to access the voices of women who have regrettably been so comprehensively absent from human history. What stories might the women of our families have told of times demanding courage, forbearance and an iron will, stories we are left to imagine. Thank you again for this and for your efforts. Peter

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