The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty
A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
A deeply researched culinary memoir that traces African American foodways across geography and generations, combining family genealogy, DNA testing, historical research, and kitchen experiments to reveal how enslaved people’s labor and creativity shaped Southern cuisine. Interweaving personal ancestry, travels to West Africa and the American South, and reflections on race, memory, and religious identity, it reclaims recipes and stories as acts of remembrance and resistance while illuminating the cultural and biological roots of barbecue, soul food, and other traditions.
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- 2017
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