Category: Food People and Food Places

by michaelwtwitty August 14, 2018 3
African American Food History African Food Culture Cultural Politics Diaspora Food Culture Elders and Wise Folk Events and Appearances Food and Slavery Food People and Food Places Heirloom Gardening/Heritage Breeds and Wildcrafting Jewish Stuff Pop Culture and Pop Food Scholars Scholars, Elders and Wise Folk The Cooking Gene

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
African American Food History African Food Culture Cultural Politics Diaspora Food Culture Elders and Wise Folk Events and Appearances Food and Slavery Food People and Food Places Food Philosophy at Afroculinaria Heirloom Gardening/Heritage Breeds and Wildcrafting Pop Culture and Pop Food The Cooking Gene

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 26, 2018 1
African American Food History Events and Appearances Food and Slavery Food People and Food Places Pop Culture and Pop Food Recipes Scholars, Elders and Wise Folk The Cooking Gene

Enjoy ‘An Afternoon of Cultural Cuisine’ on April 28 With Culinary Historian and Author Michael Twitty at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown – History Is Fun

https://www.historyisfun.org/news/enjoy-an-afternoon-of-cultural-cuisine-april-28-with-culinary-historian-and-author-michael-twitty-at-the-american-revolution-museum-at-yorktown/ Come see me in Yorktown, Virginia on April 28, 2018 at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. We willContinue Reading

by michaelwtwitty June 30, 2017 3
African American Food History African Food Culture Cultural Politics Diaspora Food Culture Elders and Wise Folk Events and Appearances Food and Slavery Food People and Food Places Food Philosophy at Afroculinaria Heirloom Gardening/Heritage Breeds and Wildcrafting Jewish Stuff Pop Culture and Pop Food Publications Recipes Scholars Scholars, Elders and Wise Folk The Cooking Gene

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 July 1, 2016 4
African American Food History Cultural Politics Food People and Food Places Food Philosophy at Afroculinaria Heirloom Gardening/Heritage Breeds and Wildcrafting Jewish Stuff Pop Culture and Pop Food The Cooking Gene

Ole Missus vs. Mammy?: Who Owns Southern Food?

https://munchies.vice.com/en/articles/ole-missus-vs-mammy-who-owns-southern-food I want to thank my editor at VICE Media’s food focused Munchies site, Matt Zuras and editor-in-chief Helen HollymanContinue Reading

by michaelwtwitty March 3, 2016 6
African American Food History African Food Culture Cultural Politics Elders and Wise Folk Events and Appearances Food and Slavery Food People and Food Places Food Philosophy at Afroculinaria Heirloom Gardening/Heritage Breeds and Wildcrafting Publications The Cooking Gene

#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

by michaelwtwitty July 4, 2015 10
African American Food History Cultural Politics Diaspora Food Culture Food and Slavery Food People and Food Places Food Philosophy at Afroculinaria Heirloom Gardening/Heritage Breeds and Wildcrafting Pop Culture and Pop Food The Cooking Gene

A People’s History of Southern Barbecue

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/04/barbecue-american-tradition-enslaved-africans-native-americans?CMP=share_btn_tw Enjoy this piece I wrote, freshly published on The Guardian giving a short history of how barbecue is connectedContinue Reading

by michaelwtwitty May 31, 2015 1
African American Food History African Food Culture Diaspora Food Culture Events and Appearances Food and Slavery Food People and Food Places Food Philosophy at Afroculinaria Heirloom Gardening/Heritage Breeds and Wildcrafting Publications Scholars, Elders and Wise Folk The Cooking Gene

Poplar Forest cooking event focuses on food, culture of enslaved community – News – Lynchburg, Virginia Area – The News & Advance

http://m.newsadvance.com/news/local/poplar-forest-cooking-event-focuses-on-food-culture-of-enslaved/article_b3b00f04-0740-11e5-be9f-8b8847507fd5.html?mode=jqm