“Leslie Uggams put out a heck of a cookbook years back, and to my great regret I lost it during one of my moves.”
Google the title. You can probably find a copy from an out-of-print bookseller.
Slightly off topic, but When I married my wife, I inherited a cookbook put out by Ron Paul’s wife.
They were sent to folks in his district.
It had value, from a Southern cooking perspective.