Elders and Wise Folk – Afroculinaria

by michaelwtwitty August 14, 2018 3

New Stuff is Happening

Hey Y’all! The paperback is OUT! With the brand new James Beard Award seal attached! We are so pleased toContinue Reading

by michaelwtwitty May 15, 2018 1

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How An Antebellum Chef Is Inspiring Brownsville Culinary Students To Reclaim Their Food Heritage: Gothamist

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

by michaelwtwitty April 11, 2018 2

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Don’t Mess With The Sweet Potato Pie: A Museum Wrestles With ‘Authentic’ Black Menu | KSMU Radio

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

by michaelwtwitty August 18, 2017 2

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The Forgotten History of Black Chefs – Eater

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

by michaelwtwitty June 30, 2017 3

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National Soul Food Month Message: Why You Should Buy The Cooking Gene.

The Cooking Gene is not a cookbook but it does have treasured family recipes and reconstructed recipes from history. The Cooking Gene isContinue Reading

by michaelwtwitty March 19, 2017 2

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Meet a Afri-Creole Culinary Maven rescuing the food traditions of her heritage: Shawanda Marie (RECIPE!!!)

I met Cheftavist Shawanda Marie at a recent presentation at Virginia Tech. Chef is a living archive of Afri-Creole culture,Continue Reading

by michaelwtwitty February 1, 2017 8

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The African Heritage Food Pyramid

I want to start Black History Month off right, sharing with you the Oldways African Heritage Food Pyramid. Oldways hasContinue Reading

by michaelwtwitty January 16, 2017 27

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Why I Don’t Do “Race.”

Race. The minute I say that I’m African American people cast that word “race,” on me faster than the netContinue Reading

by michaelwtwitty October 2, 2016 3

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African Ancestry Radio Debut

Chef Carla Hall (Top Chef, The Chew) and I were the first guests on African Ancestry Radio on Sirius XM!Continue Reading

by michaelwtwitty September 30, 2016 1

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Watch “How to Succeed in Food Writing (by Really Trying) | Food for Tomorrow Conference | 2016” on YouTube

Check this out! Kim Severson of the New York Times interviewed me, the amazing Molly Yeh (Molly on the Range) and the brilliant JennyContinue Reading

by michaelwtwitty September 21, 2016 7

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In the Monticello Kitchen: A Photo Essay

I don’t have a lot of time to write this week, but I thought U would take time to addressContinue Reading

by michaelwtwitty September 17, 2016 6

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See My Quote on the Wall

When you visit the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, look on the walls of theContinue Reading

by michaelwtwitty August 23, 2016 14

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Why this Blog?

Why this Blog? I wanted to create a new cultural vocabulary around food that would draw on our best yearningsContinue Reading

by michaelwtwitty April 4, 2016 2

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The State of Soul Food in America: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future | First We Feast

http://firstwefeast.com/eat/the-state-of-soul-food-in-america/?utm_campaign=fwf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social This was an amazing review of the contemporary soul food scene edited by Adrian Miller, author of the JamesContinue Reading

by michaelwtwitty March 3, 2016 6

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#WorldBookDay Pre-Order The Cooking Gene today

On November 8, 2016, HarperCollins will release my first book: The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African American CulinaryContinue Reading