Atholene Peyton was the author of the earliest Kentucky cookbook written by an African American. Her book, 'Peytonia Cook Book,' was published in Louisville in 1906. Peyton was born in 1880 and had deep roots in Louisville, Kentucky. She was a graduate of Louisville's Central Colored High School and later attended the Colored Normal School. […]
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