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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Cheers! The Cooking Gene has a new domain! (And a recipe to toast that with….)
Hey all–The Cooking Gene has a new domain: www.thecookinggene.com. Rose Hip Cosmopolitan or Red Hibsicus Cosmopolitan Now this is not rose hip time. Rose hip time is in the summer. However, if for some odd reason you can find them–try … Continue reading
Thank You Ebony Hillbillies :) The Cooking Gene Has a Soundtrack for its Campaign Video!
Rique Giving an Impromptu Lesson on Enslaved People’s Fiddling Traditions Special and Heartfelt thanks goes out to the Ebony Hillbillies for allowing us to use their music in our video for Indiegogo. Rique and I have done interpretation for several … Continue reading
Indiegogo Campaign Launches in One Week
It has been two days and I’ve gotten four hours of sleep. No rest for the weary. The Ancestors are working me overtime. Our Indiegogo Campaign launches on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Yes, the first day of African American Heritage … Continue reading
Speaking of The East…and a Kosher Southern Feast…
So I found the blog of an old friend, my buddy Rabbi Yoni Warren and his lovely wife Leora and their adorable puppy Penny…Libi BaMa’arav, Va’anochi Besof Mizrach (My Heart is in the West but I am in the Far … Continue reading
Go See Red Tails–Like Now….
Sorry–I don’t buy this “don’t command me to go see a movie just because ……” Go see the damn movie. Put it to you this way—as a Jew–if this was a movie about the Shoah or other aspects of Jewish history … Continue reading
Bison Tibs (Yes Tibs not Tips) and Ethiopian Treat/Berbere
So if you’re going to be different, and I mean seriously different, you’ve got to pair foods that seem analogous and that make sense when you transfer ingredients. ጥብስ or tibs is one of my favorite Ethiopian dishes. Speaking of … Continue reading
The Soup That Feeds the Masses: Sweet Potato and Rice Soup: Vegan Friendly
You COULD use the Beaureguard and Georgia Jet sweet potato for this recipe, but I chose to go with an exotic–a reddish-purple skinned, creamy fleshed Japanese sweet potato. I only needed one medium sweet potato, about half an onion, a … Continue reading
Posted in African Food Culture, Diaspora Food Culture, Recipes
Tagged cinnamon, cloves, East Africa, Japanese, pigeon peas, plantain, soup, Swahili, sweet potato, vegan, vegetarian, wild bananas, winter soup
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Welcome to the Table of Brotherhood: The Cooking Gene Blog Launched Today!
Hello everyone! Today The Cooking Gene Project has a new home, http://thecookinggene.wordpress.com/ Please check it out! We need you to look and see what’s going on and pass the word on! The Indiegogo campaign is going to be launched February 1, … Continue reading
The Cooking Gene Blog Starts Monday
“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.”–Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. … Continue reading
