Exploring Culinary Traditions of Africa, African America and the African Diaspora
At the end of the prologue to my book The Cooking Gene (HarperCollins Amistad imprint, 2017/2018) I reflected on whetherContinue Reading
https://gimletmedia.com/shows/the-nod/49h54e/michael-twittys-cooking-gene?utm_source=gimletWebsite&utm_medium=systemShare&utm_campaign=gimletWebsite So glad to be able to share this interview with the team from The Nod podcast, Brittany Luse andContinue Reading
A DNA culinary connection to my African Roots by Michael W. Twitty: author of The Cooking Gene James Beard AwardContinue Reading
Hey Y’all! The paperback is OUT! With the brand new James Beard Award seal attached! We are so pleased toContinue Reading
It’s June, National Soul Food Month! “Soul Food is a cuisine,” says Chef Todd Richards author of Soul. Soul FoodContinue Reading
http://gothamist.com/2018/05/15/michael_twitty_brownsville.php Really cool article about my recent visit to Brownsville Community Culinary Center. Photographs 1-5 below by Brroklyn based photographerContinue Reading
http://ksmu.org/post/dont-mess-sweet-potato-pie-museum-wrestles-authentic-black-menu#stream/0 Enjoy this piece on sweet potato pie and the search for authenticity! Be sure to get a copy ofContinue Reading
On March 10, 2018, five African American culinarians took a journey with Ada Anagho Brown of Roots to Glory onContinue Reading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05wrz17 Please enjoy this short BBC Food Chain interview from their Food Pilgrim series about seeking the source of someContinue Reading
Pepin Lecture The Cooking Gene is about my search for my food roots and family routes during the first 250 oddContinue 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
The Green Glaze, the most beautiful of American old variety collard greens. Kosher/Soul Collards (partly based on Matt’s Four Pepper Collards,Continue 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!
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
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