I had no idea how hard it would be to find a good soul food book.
While I can find great recipes for collard greens, corn bread, chicken, chow chow etc, finding a good book with recipes that work is a task.
I looked Sylvia Woods and the biggest complaint is, the recipes in the books are not her recipes that she uses in her restaurant but a close copy. She won't give up her recipes. Which I think is just stupid. You give me a recipe for your chicken does not mean I'm not going to come back to your restaurant.
I saw one by Edna Lewis, but this woman also works in a professional kitchen and her recipes are a cross between southern soul food and hotel type food.
Bill I found the books you mentioned, but do they have pictures of the food? I'm sending this to a Swede who needs pictures to see he's doing it right