The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
Description
Part memoir, part culinary history, this illuminating work follows a food writer’s journey through African American ancestry and the layered traditions of Southern cooking. Tracing connections from West Africa through enslavement, emancipation, and the modern South, it explores how dishes such as barbecue and soul food carry stories of migration, labor, identity, and survival. Along the way, the book examines the contested question of who gets to claim Southern cuisine and reveals how food can illuminate the complexities of race, heritage, and belonging in America. Richly researched and deeply personal, it offers a thoughtful reexamination of the culinary traditions that helped shape the nation.
Available Editions
paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
Published Jan 1, 2017
215 pages
ISBN: 9780062379283
Reviews
1 rating
No written reviews yet.
Details
First Published
2017
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael Twitty.