Dear Disgruntled White Plantation Visitors, Sit Down.
Dear Disgruntled White Plantation Visitors, Hi! My name is Michael W. Twitty and I’m one of those interpreters who hasContinue Reading
Exploring Culinary Traditions of Africa, African America and the African Diaspora
Dear Disgruntled White Plantation Visitors, Hi! My name is Michael W. Twitty and I’m one of those interpreters who hasContinue Reading
I’m not even linking to the story because it’s that stupid. I can’t be bothered. Hobby Lobby, which I wouldContinue Reading
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/tracing-his-urge-to-cook-through-slavery-and-the-south/2017/08/18/1aeaa6de-6e19-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html?utm_term=.9a21def40ce7 This is cool. I pretty much like it and go, aiight. I guess I’d like to correct a fewContinue Reading
Ok. HBO has created tremendous buzz about a show that has everybody talking, even me. It’s a show called “Confederate,”Continue Reading
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/27/bill-oreilly-slaves-eat-well Haven’t heard from Bill O’ yet…however my offer still stands, I’ll cook him the food enslaved people ate onContinue Reading
So there is a lot of press about two children’s books published as of late. One, A Fine Dessert, wasContinue Reading
https://munchies.vice.com/recipes/cornbread-kush Follow this link for a recipe for kush, an irreplaceable African American contribution to Thanksgiving.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/04/barbecue-american-tradition-enslaved-africans-native-americans?CMP=share_btn_tw Enjoy this piece I wrote, freshly published on The Guardian giving a short history of how barbecue is connectedContinue Reading
Dear Ben, Its unfortunate because of a massive internet hack we are in this particular place discussing your ancestral past.Continue Reading
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2015/04/03/397255528/bitter-herbs-and-collard-greens-an-african-american-seder-plate-for-passover Enjoy this short piece I did for NPR’S Code Switch blog. Happy Pesach! If you want to get yourContinue Reading
If the word integration means anything, this is what it means: that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselvesContinue Reading
http://munchies.vice.com/videos/talking-southern-discomfort-foodcast-with-michael-twitty The podcast prequel to the article.. enjoy and feel free to share–it’s free and it helps spread the message! Continue Reading
I asked my colleague Chef Harold Caldwell to write about the process of butchering wild game in the colonial andContinue Reading
http://www.theguardian.com/membership/video/2014/oct/27/michael-twitty-on-culinary-justice-video Special thanks to John Mulholland and the Observer for inviting me to an incredible event!
As I officially begin to work on The Cooking Gene, I have begun to travel the South again in searchContinue Reading