The Cooking Gene [Book Club Set]
A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
Format: Kit
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Edition: First edition.
Description: Includes 15 paperback books in one bag.
"A memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces the paths of the author's ancestors (black and white) through the crucible of slavery to show its effects on our food today"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Preface: The Old South -- No More Whistling Walk for Me -- Hating My Soul -- Mise en Place -- Mishpocheh -- Missing Pieces -- No Nigger Blood -- "White Man in the Woodpile" -- 0.01 Percent -- Sweet Tooth -- Mothers of Slaves -- Alma Mater -- Chesapeake Gold -- The Queen -- Adam in the Garden -- Shake Dem 'Simmons Down -- All Creatures of Our G-d and King -- The Devil's Half Acre -- "The King's Cuisine" -- Crossroads -- The Old Country -- Sankofa -- Author's Note -- Selected Bibliography.
Subjects:
African American cooking -- History.
Cooking, American -- Southern style -- History.
African Americans -- Food -- Southern States -- History.
African Americans -- Genealogy.
Genetic genealogy.
Book club set, Adult.
African American cooking -- History.
Cooking, American -- Southern style -- History.
African Americans -- Food -- Southern States -- History.
African Americans -- Genealogy.
Genetic genealogy.
Book club set, Adult.
ISBN:
9780062379290
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BOOK CLUB SET Cooking | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Book Club Set | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-437).