Category Archives: The Cooking Gene

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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Kosher Soul Food Feeds Truth to History | Atlanta Jewish Times

Posted on May 3, 2017 by

http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/kosher-soul-food-feeds-truth-to-history/ I love this piece. It was written by a fellow Jew of color and it shows! I felt authentically represented in my full self. Yay!

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Pesach/Passover 2017

Posted on April 16, 2017 by

http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-michael-twitty-20170410-story.html I had a wonderful Pesach, and we have two more days to go. As we leave the holiday, I wanted to make sure my blog followers got to read this interview from the LA Times. I can’t thank the Skirball … Continue reading →

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What is The Cooking Gene?

Posted on March 28, 2017 by

RACE.  We are fascinated by it and imprisoned by it, frustrated by it and endlessly debating its meaning.  Since 1492, few issues have complicated the human journey like the way we have braided categories of color, character, creed and class … Continue reading →

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Please Support my Culinary Pilgrimage To Senegal 

Posted on March 20, 2017 by

https://www.gofundme.com/nb652b-trip-to-africa Today is my 40th birthday and I’m excited to be alive. I want to reverse the Middle Passage. I want to take my life’s work and go on a culinary Pilgrimage to West Africa with www.RootstoGlory.com this June. I need your … Continue reading →

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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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IWatch “Food of the Enslaved: Barbecue” on YouTube

Posted on February 6, 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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