Exploring Culinary Traditions of Africa, African America and the African Diaspora
Pepin Lecture The Cooking Gene is about my search for my food roots and family routes during the first 250 oddContinue Reading
https://www.cooknscribble.com/posts/2017/10/13/the-cooking-gene-whose-cuisine-is-it-anyway One of my favorite reviews because it comes from the heart. It is written by a white Southern writer, Patricia Haynes, Continue Reading
http://www.idsnews.com/article/2017/10/column-the-cooking-gene-enlightens-on-soul-food-southern-history-african-american-culture This was an awesome review that I’m happy to share with you. The quote below says a lot. The knowledge ofContinue Reading
I started writing this book on paper plates and paper bags. I walked around with an entire book in my head from my years. PaulaContinue Reading
http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/cooking-gene-follows-history-of-food-family/ Some people just get it. I don’t know what to say other than you’re welcome. 😊✡Shana Tovah U’metukah! HaveContinue Reading
Be sure to read more about what I do and what this food means in The Cooking Gene. Order aContinue Reading
https://www.decaturbookfestival.com/sessions/view/594b2fde81229a5fb60ca5dd Come see me in Atlanta this weekend at the Decatur Book Festival. I will be signing books!
When you hear people talk about the enmity of white and Black Southerners you need to understand that everyday thatContinue Reading
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/tracing-his-urge-to-cook-through-slavery-and-the-south/2017/08/18/1aeaa6de-6e19-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html?utm_term=.9a21def40ce7 This is cool. I pretty much like it and go, aiight. I guess I’d like to correct a fewContinue Reading
https://www.eater.com/2017/8/18/16115524/michael-twitty-cooking-gene-black-culinary-history-ancestry Honored that this selection from THE COOKING GENE appears on Eater 🙂 The love that everyone is showing for this bookContinue Reading
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/food-historian-reckons-black-roots-southern-food-180964285/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia If you want to check out Smithsonian magazine’s coverage. Or…if you missed this morning’s piece on the NPR show “OnContinue Reading
The Cooking Gene is not a cookbook but it does have treasured family recipes and reconstructed recipes from history. The Cooking Gene isContinue Reading
If you’re on Twitter, help me celebrate #DeenDay by helping me to get this tweet retweeted 1,619 times. Today 4Continue Reading
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michael-w-twitty/the-cooking-gene/ Just wanted to put everybody on notice that the good reviews keep coming in. Today was a good dayContinue Reading
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