Happy Lunar New Year!/10 Reasons Black People Love Chinese Food
Happy Chinese/Lunar New Year! So even though Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year was yesterday, it appears I am not a dayContinue Reading
Exploring Culinary Traditions of Africa, African America and the African Diaspora
Happy Chinese/Lunar New Year! So even though Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year was yesterday, it appears I am not a dayContinue Reading
Sorry–I don’t buy this “don’t command me to go see a movie just because ……” Go see the damn movie.Continue Reading
So if you’re going to be different, and I mean seriously different, you’ve got to pair foods that seem analogousContinue Reading
You COULD use the Beaureguard and Georgia Jet sweet potato for this recipe, but I chose to go with anContinue Reading
Hello everyone! Today The Cooking Gene Project has a new home, http://thecookinggene.wordpress.com/ Please check it out! We need you to lookContinue Reading
“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and theContinue Reading
So there I was in Oxford, England at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, July of 2010, and IContinue Reading
Happy Birthday baby! Dear Grammy (Hazel Clintonia Todd Townsend), You would have been 87 today. Thank you for having myContinue Reading
Kosher/ Soul: African American-Jewish Identity Cooking Sunday, February 19 1:00-3:00 p.m. Cooking Demonstration and Discussion FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION JoinContinue Reading
1. What is The Cooking Gene? The Cooking Gene is the confluence of several major areas of interest thatContinue Reading
Here’s the deal….Welcome to Gwinett County, Georgia. Third Grade Math. “Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick themContinue Reading
It was my great pleasure to receive an email from Denzel Mitchell saying how he really admired my work andContinue Reading
There will be a few big posts this week (including a few recipes) and in the meanwhile we are workingContinue Reading
I don’t really need to say much about the quotes here other than; this is why I do what IContinue Reading




