Category Archives: Pop Culture and Pop Food

Dear HBO: About that Alt-Reality “Confederate” Show.

Posted on July 19, 2017 by

Ok. HBO has created tremendous buzz about a show that has everybody talking, even me. It’s a show called “Confederate,” the South won, time moved on, slavery and abolitionist sentiments and battles over freedom evolved through our own day. To … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace and Sean Brock 

Posted on July 5, 2017 by

Dear Sean, Ever since our one on one phone call, I’ve received a lot of questions about the content of our conversation.  You were up front with me at the time about a few issues in your life causing you … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 30, 2017 by

The Cooking Gene is not a cookbook but it does have treasured family recipes and reconstructed recipes from history. The Cooking Gene is not a diatribe on race and food nor is it about how you have to be Black to be a … Continue reading →

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It’s #DeenDay please help me get the word out about The Cooking Gene on Twitter

Posted on June 25, 2017 by

If you’re on Twitter, help me celebrate #DeenDay by helping me to get this tweet retweeted 1,619 times. Today 4 years ago, I wrote my Open Letter to Paula Deen that changed my life and career for the good. Because of the … Continue reading →

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Why BBQ is America’s Most Political Food

Posted on May 4, 2017 by

Enjoy this story I was interviewed for along with my friends and colleagues Chuck Reese and Kathleen Purvis. Special thanks to Georgia Public Radio. 

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Watch “Food of the Enslaved: Akara” on YouTube

Posted on February 15, 2017 by

I loved partnering with Jason Townsend&Sons, my favorite historic clothier and provider of historic goods to produce a few videos for their wildly popular You Tube series on cooking in the 18th century, depicting the influence of enslaved Africans and African Americans … Continue reading →

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Kippah-ed While Black: KWB- A Monthly Opinion Column in the Forward

Posted on February 9, 2017 by

If you don’t know, now you know I’m writing a monthly column for The Forward entitled, Kippah-ed While Black. It’s intention is to draw attention to issues in the lives of African American Jews, through my lens. The first piece is on … Continue reading →

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