Happy Pride Month!
https://www.them.us/story/michael-twitty-is-changing-the-face-of-food-media Just what you needed! A nice little article about how I put the pride in my soul! Love thisContinue 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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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
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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
Dear Grandpa Massa: An Open Letter to my White Ancestor for Confederate Memorial Day
To: Captain Richard Henry Bellamy— From: Your Descendant, Mr. Michael W. Twitty, a published author Date: 4/23/2018, Confederate Memorial DayContinue Reading
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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
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Michael Twitty Dishes About Cooking, History and Judaism | JewishBoston
https://www.jewishboston.com/michael-twitty-dishes-about-cooking-history-and-judaism/ Read this awesome piece in Jewish Boston. We talk about food, history identity and using food as means ofContinue Reading
Kosher/Soul comes to University of Maryland 4/4!
Kosher / Soul: Black-Jewish Identity Cooking Events Upcoming Events Past Events Wednesday, April 4, 2018 – 12:00pm to 2:00pm 1207Continue Reading
The Culinary Search For Self
Please enjoy this really cool profile from Ashley Jacobs of Jewish Boston. I will be in Boston on April 9th!Continue 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
Ghana (You) Must Go! Part 1
On March 10, 2018, five African American culinarians took a journey with Ada Anagho Brown of Roots to Glory onContinue Reading
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Sometimes life is too cool…
This is how I woke up today….reading this….TOP CHEF JUDGE PADMA LAKSHMI READING MY BOOK! Thank you Padma! Want toContinue 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
In Food and Wine!
http://www.foodandwine.com/travel/michael-twitty-southern-food-cooking-gene I’ve made the e-pages of Food and Wine! Please enjoy this piece by Andy Meek on #TheCookingGene and my visionContinue Reading
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The Text of the Jacques Pepin Lecture at Boston University
Pepin Lecture The Cooking Gene is about my search for my food roots and family routes during the first 250 oddContinue Reading
