Seasons at Lakeside Dairy

Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins is an independent art curator and founding staff curator of visual arts at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles, California. Her work has been published in such journals as Print Quarterly, Black Renaissance Noire, Journal of American Studies, and Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art. She is also a passionate creative writer.

Introduction My Seasons in LA-Stop and Listen, Look to the Sky, Can You Smell the Ocean? Home in LA Yellow Cornmeal Cornbread Red Beans and Rice Granny Smith Apple Stewed Apricots with Lemon Fresh Lemon Butter Pound Cake Chapter One: The Bates Siblings Find a Home in Los Angeles "Uncle's Westside" by Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins Death's Fingers Red Clay and Beef Tamales The Little Boat "Auntie Sisterhood" by Deborah LeFalle The Starlight Country School and Educating Black Children Daddy's Mishap on the Rails with Chicken Turnip Greens with Bottoms Hot Water Cornbread Aunt Lilly's Cornish Hens Chapter Two: A Residency in a French Village A Shortcut Through the Corn Fields Chunky Quince Spread Chapter Three: Seasons at Lakeside Dairy The Fire of 1925 Two Families Unknowingly Cross Paths Collard Greens Cabbage and Carrots Carrots and Turnips Butter Beans (Lima Beans) Chapter Four: Working through the Icy Winter Days and Nights Crafting in the Winter Months Sweet Potatoes and Apples Christmas Nut Cake Chapter Five: Spring Planning for the Next Year Aunt Lizzetta & Aunt Lilly's Teacakes Chapter Six: Summer Growing, Gathering, and Cooking on Hot and Lazy Days Okra, Corn, and Tomato Succotash Easy Peach Cobbler Chapter Seven: Fall Returns and Grandpa Dies in Early December Grandpa's Death Losing Wilma The Mule and the Plow Duck Gumbo Chapter Eight: The Legacy and Historical and Cultural Context of Lakeside Dairy The Coachwhip Snake Incident Driving from Tuskegee to Fisk University in a Red Rag-Top Volkswagen Convertible Figs Out Back Fig Preserves Every Morning Buttermilk Biscuits Wild Plum Jam Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix: Family Tree Notes Bibliography