The National Council of Negro Women, located in Washington, DC, was founded in 1935 and operates in forty-twonbsp;states, with vital programs addressing women's special concerns. This book was developed by Libby Clark, Food Editor ofnbsp; The Los Angeles Sentinel; Janet Cheatham Bell, President and owner of Sabayt Publications in Chicago, Illinois; and Jessica B. Harris, a professor at Queens College, New York, and the author of several cookbooks.