Groundnut Wings
GROUNDNUT WINGSPreheat oven to 375. You need: 2.5 pounds of chicken wings, drumettes separated from wing portion and tip ifContinue Reading
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High Holidays Apple Barbecue Sauce
Ok…Shanah Tovah y’all! I was going to do a chicken and apples recipe but naw….Joan Nathan got that down. IContinue Reading
African American Food History African Food Culture Diaspora Food Culture Events and Appearances Pop Culture and Pop Food Publications Recipes The Cooking Gene
An AncestryDNA Inspired Dinner-Ghanaian Domedu
A DNA culinary connection to my African Roots by Michael W. Twitty: author of The Cooking Gene James Beard AwardContinue Reading
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National Soul Food Month 2018: Gullah-Geechee Beef Stew
It’s June, National Soul Food Month! “Soul Food is a cuisine,” says Chef Todd Richards author of Soul. Soul FoodContinue Reading
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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
Groundnut Stew My Way
Ghana inspired me! Groundnuts=#peanuts and peanut butter stew or soup, nkantenkwan is really important stuff. Ghanaians love this in theirContinue Reading
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It Keeps the Evil Out of Your House: Basil by the Front Door in the American South and West Africa
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
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Welcome to #TheCookingGene Journey: A Photo Essay with a Recipe
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
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Kosher/Soul Collards
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
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
Three Salad Dressings For the Summer
I am in total Grandma mode with my food and recipes these days…I am not really measuring, I’m cooking forContinue Reading
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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
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Watch “Food of the Enslaved: Akara” on YouTube
I loved partnering with Jason Townsend&Sons, my favorite historic clothier and provider of historic goods to produce a few videos for theirContinue Reading
African American Food History Diaspora Food Culture Events and Appearances Food and Slavery Pop Culture and Pop Food Recipes The Cooking Gene
IWatch “Food of the Enslaved: Barbecue” on YouTube
I loved partnering with Jason Townsend&Sons, my favorite historic clothier and provider of historic goods to produce a few videos for theirContinue Reading
Make this for your Valentine, You will get some Loving: Caramel/Sea Salt, Sour Cream/Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Caramel/Sea Salt Glazed Sour-Cream/Cream Cheese Pound Cake (I’m more a of a cook than a baker but this is prettyContinue Reading
