After the Civil War, 20 Black families relocated to Caledonia in Livingston County from the south to start a new life.

Recipes from a time when Southern infrastructure was a long way from being restored, but families had to keep everyone fed.

Because federal troops had been stationed in Austin after the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black Americans found a safe place to raise their families in Austin.

This was a mere six months after the end of the Civil War, at a time when Southern states ... new ways of supporting and feeding their families. In this era, the stereotype is that men felt ...