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The cooking gene : a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South

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text The cooking gene : a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South

Twitty, Michael

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Summary: "Culinary historian Michael W. Twitty brings a fresh perspective to our most divisive cultural issue, race, in this illuminating memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces his ancestry--both black and white--through food, from Africa ... Read more

Contents: Preface: The Old South -- No more whistling walk for me -- Hating my soul -- Mise en place -- Mishpocheh -- Missing pieces -- No nigger blood -- "White man in the woodpile" -- 0.01 percent -- Sweet tooth -- Mothers of slaves -- Alma mater -- Chesa... Read more

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Format: text

Description: xvii, 443 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Publisher: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

Library	Location	Status
Woodmere (Main Branch)	641.59 TWI in Adult Non-fiction	Reshelving

Library	Location	Status
TADL-WOOD	641.59 TWI in Adult Non-fiction	Reshelving

bibliography biography Family histories. Genealogy. History. Family histories.

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