Bingham, Winsome
Summary: Granny teaches her young grandson how to cook the family meal, in this celebration of food, traditions, and gathering together at the table. Includes recipe for baked macaroni and cheese.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BINLukas, Albert
Summary: Since the 2016 opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, its Sweet Home Café has become a destination in its own right. Showcasing African American contributions to American cuisine, the café offers favorite dishes made with locally sourced ingredients, adding modern flavors and contemporary twists on classics. With African, Caribbean, and European influences...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 LUKOnwuachi, Kwame
Summary: "A cookbook celebrating the food of the African diaspora, from Nigeria and Ethiopia to the Bronx, the Caribbean, and the American South, from the James Beard Award-winning author of Notes from a Young Black Chef"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59296 ONWHarris, Jessica B.
Summary: In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls a lost era--the vibrant New York City of her youth, where her social circle included Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and other members of the Black intelligentsia. In the Technicolor glow of the early seventies, Jessica B. Harris debated, celebrated, and danced her way from the jazz clubs of the Manhattan's West Side to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRIS, JESSICA B. HARSummary: Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from producing cheap calories while healthy options remain expensive and hard to find.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SOUTwitty, Michael
Summary: "Culinary historian Michael W. Twitty brings a fresh perspective to our most divisive cultural issue, race, in this illuminating memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces his ancestry--both black and white--through food, from Africa to America and from slavery to freedom. Southern food is integral to the American culinary tradition, yet the question of who "owns" it is one of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 TWIShanti, Ashleigh
Summary: "Our South takes readers on a mouthwatering journey through Appalachia and beyond, revealing the depth and diversity of Southern cooking through the eyes of a rising culinary star. Perfect for fans of other regional Southern cookbooks like the Mosquito Supper Club cookbook or soul food cookbooks like Jubilee, Our South stands as a testament to the rich tapestry of Black culinary traditions,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square & Co.
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Summary: "Chef and writer Klancy Miller found her own way by trial and error-as a pastry chef, recipe developer, author, and founder of For the Culture magazine-but what if she had known then what she knows now? What if she had known the extraordinary women profiled within these pages-entrepreneurs, chefs, food stylists, mixologists, historians, influencers, hoteliers, and more-and learned from their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59296 MILRaiford, Matthew
Summary: "From the Carolinas to Georgia and Florida, this is where descendants of enslaved Africans came together to make extraordinary food, speaking the African Creole language called Gullah-Geechee. In this groundbreaking and beautiful cookbook, Matthew Raiford pays homage to this cuisine that nurtured his family for seven generations. In 2010, Raiford's Nana handed over the deed to the family farm...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press, a Division of W. W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59296 RAIMiller, Adrian.
Summary: In this insightful and eclectic history, Adrian Miller delves into the influences, ingredients, and innovations that make up the soul food tradition. Focusing each chapter on the culinary and social history of one dish--such as fried chicken, chitlins, yams, greens, and "red drinks"--Miller uncovers how it got on the soul food plate and what it means for African American culture and identity....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 MILHolland, Tanya
Summary: "80+ comfort-filled recipes that trace the roots of modern California soul food to the Great Migration that brought African American culture to the West Coast-from the acclaimed chef and author of Brown Sugar Kitchen"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59296 HOLTipton-Martin, Toni
Summary: "More than 100 recipes that paint a rich, varied picture of the true history of African American cooking--from a James Beard Award-winning food writer"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 TIPTillery, Carolyn Quick.
Summary: Provides more than two hundred recipes for traditional Southern dishes, and traces the history and heritage of the Tuskegee Institute through photographs, quotations, and journal excerpts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 TILTwitty, Michael
Summary: "The James Beard award-winning author of the acclaimed The Cooking Gene explores the cultural crossroads of Jewish and African diaspora cuisine and issues of memory, identity, and food. In Koshersoul, Michael W. Twitty considers the marriage of two of the most distinctive culinary cultures in the world today: the foods and traditions of the African Atlantic and the global Jewish diaspora. To...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: "A groundbreaking cookbook from beloved chef-activist Bryant Terry, drawing from African, Afro-Caribbean, and Southern food to create over 100 enticing vegan dishes. Rising star chef and food activist Bryant Terry is known for his simple, creative, and delicious vegan dishes inspired by African American cooking. In this landmark cookbook, he remixes foods of the African diaspora to create...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5637 TERMiller, Adrian
Summary: "Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery has gone through the roof. Prepared in one regional style or another, in the South and beyond, barbecue is one of the nation's most distinctive culinary arts. And people aren't just eatingit; they're also reading books and articles and watching TV shows about it. But why is it, asks Adrian Miller--admitted 'cuehead and longtime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of North Carolina Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.76 MILHarris, Jessica B.
Summary: "Now with a new introduction by award-winning writer and iconic culinary historian Jessica B. Harris, a foreword by chef and television personality Carla Hall, revised recipes and stories, and a fresh new package, A Kwanzaa Keepsake offers proverbs, ceremonies, family projects, inspirational biographies, blessings, and of course, wonderful recipes. Structured around the seven days of Kwanzaa...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 641.568 HARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 641.568 HAROnwuachi, Kwame
Summary: As a boy Onwuachi was sent from the Bronx to rural Nigeria by his mother to 'learn respect.' Through food, he broke out of a dangerous downward spiral and embarked on a new beginning at the bottom of the culinary food chain before going on to train in the kitchens of some of the most acclaimed restaurants in the country and appearing as a contestant on Top Chef. His love of food and cooking was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 ONWGray, Jon
Summary: Ghetto Gastro, a Bronx-based creative and culinary collective, delivers a highly visual manifesto for living and eating to stimulate the mind, body, and heart, in a book that promotes Black excellence through recipes, art, and thought-provoking text. Predominantly plant-based recipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59296 GRABlount, Lyana
Summary: Growing up in a Puerto Rican and Black household, Lyana Blount knew from a young age that food was a love language, and it was one she intended to master. After going vegan, she set out to capture the flavor, vibrancy and love in her family's recipes with lighter plant-based ingredients. And with that, her NYC pop-up Black Rican Vegan was born! In this personal collection of recipes, Lyana...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56362 BLORichards, Todd
Summary: "Chef Todd Richards explores West African diaspora cooking in the Americas, spanning history from the slave trade through the Great Migration, with over 100 mouthwatering recipes and illuminating narratives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59296 RICTerry, Bryant
Summary: "A beautiful, rich, and groundbreaking book exploring Black foodways within America and around the world, curated by food activist and author of Vegetable Kingdom Bryant Terry"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.1 TERSamuelsson, Marcus
Summary: It is long past time to recognize Black excellence in the culinary world the same way it has been celebrated in the worlds of music, sports, literature, film, and the arts. Black cooks and creators have led American culture forward with indelible contributions of artistry and ingenuity from the start, but Black authorship has been consistently erased from the story of American food. Now, in The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voracious, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 SAMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59296 SAMCheatham, Adrienne
Summary: "From Top Chef finalist Adrienne Cheatham, cook your "Sunday best" any day of the week with 100 recipes that celebrate the joy of home cooking and family meals. Chef Adrienne Cheatham spent her career cooking in some of the country's most prestigious restaurants, from Eric Ripert's Le Bernardin to Marcus Samuelsson's Red Rooster. She went on to become a finalist on Top Chef and founded a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2022