Toni Tipton-Martin’s James Beard Award-winning book The Jemima Code (University of Texas Press, 2015) examines 150 cookbooks written by black women, starting in 1827. The work highlights the ...

Even if you weren’t born in this country, you can probably imagine Aunt Jemima. Thanks to the still-popular brand of pancakes, the image of a smiling black woman with a head wrap will come to mind.

Years ago, my wife and I would take Johnny and Skeeter Bussard up to Grantsville to partake of the buckwheat pancakes at the Casselman Inn. Buckwheat pancakes were OK, but for my money, Aunt Jemima’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. In June, Quaker Oats announced it was ...

CLAIM: “Nancy Green (aka Aunt Jemima) was born into slavery. She was a magnificent cook. When she was ‘freed’ she rolled her talent into a cooking brand that General Mills bought & used her likeness.

Aunt Jemima’s new name is getting mocked mercilessly on social media. Quaker Oats, a division of PepsiCo Inc., announced Tuesday that its iconic pancake mix and syrup will be renamed the “Pearl ...

A new brand of pancake mix with a recipe dating back over a century is being stocked on grocery store shelves in the U.S. after the company Aunt Jemima was rebranded as Pearl Milling Company. PepsiCo, ...

After the Quaker Oats Company purchased the Aunt Jemima Mills Company in 1926 — which was then known for its ready-made "self-rising pancake flour" — it eventually introduced Aunt Jemima syrup 40 ...