Willis Johnson: Inventor: Father of Mechanical Mixers

By: Peoples, Jerome T.

Willis Johnson was born in 1858 and became a house slave, responsible for cooking and chopping wood for woodburning stoves, as well as other duties. He invented the mechanical mixer-or eggbeater-to help in the kitchen, especially when creating chocolate, lemon, and coconut cakes. He became a master chef after the Civil War. He could not read or write at that time. Willis Johnson: Inventor shares this fascinating man's life and accomplishments...and includes recipes for cake

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977260969
• ISBN13: 9781977260963
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"