Category: The Cooking Gene
The Faces of #TheCookingGene
This has been an amazing day. Thank you. Summer has it on the shelf next to the copy of RootsContinue Reading
Good Press on Launch Day! THE COOKING GENE, Part 1 August 1, 2017
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/food-historian-reckons-black-roots-southern-food-180964285/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia If you want to check out Smithsonian magazine’s coverage. Or…if you missed this morning’s piece on the NPR show “OnContinue Reading
Dear HBO: About that Alt-Reality “Confederate” Show.
Ok. HBO has created tremendous buzz about a show that has everybody talking, even me. It’s a show called “Confederate,”Continue Reading
Amazing Grace and Sean Brock
Dear Sean, Ever since our one on one phone call, I’ve received a lot of questions about the content ofContinue Reading
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
It’s #DeenDay please help me get the word out about The Cooking Gene on Twitter
If you’re on Twitter, help me celebrate #DeenDay by helping me to get this tweet retweeted 1,619 times. Today 4Continue Reading
Amazon.com: Michael W. Twitty: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle
https://www.amazon.com/Michael-W.-Twitty/e/B072FJKPL8?ref_=pe_1724030_132998060 I have an Amazon author page! Check it out! I appreciate everybody’s support. I am working hard everyday to makeContinue Reading
Kirkus review of The Cooking Gene is in!
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michael-w-twitty/the-cooking-gene/ Just wanted to put everybody on notice that the good reviews keep coming in. Today was a good dayContinue Reading
Chef Michael Twitty Teaches History and Nurtures Harmony with Every Meal | @BCBSNC
http://blog.bcbsnc.com/2017/05/chef-michael-twitty-teaches-history-nurtures-harmony-every-meal/ Cool interview. Really enjoyed it. Enjoy!
Why BBQ is America’s Most Political Food
Enjoy this story I was interviewed for along with my friends and colleagues Chuck Reese and Kathleen Purvis. Special thanks to GeorgiaContinue Reading
Kosher Soul Food Feeds Truth to History | Atlanta Jewish Times
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 authenticallyContinue Reading
Pesach/Passover 2017
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, IContinue Reading
What is The Cooking Gene?
RACE. We are fascinated by it and imprisoned by it, frustrated by it and endlessly debating its meaning. Since 1492,Continue Reading
Please Support my Culinary Pilgrimage To Senegal
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. IContinue Reading






