The cooking gene : a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South
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New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018.
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9780062379276 (paperback ;, 0062379275 (paperback ;
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Published
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018.
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Book
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xvii, 453 pages : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables ; 21 cm
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English
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9780062379276 (paperback ;, 0062379275 (paperback ;

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"With new afterword by the author"--Cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-447).
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"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 most provocative touchpoints in our ongoing struggles over race. In this unique memoir, Twitty takes readers to the white-hot center of this fight, tracing the roots of his own family and the charged politics surrounding the origins of soul food, barbecue, and all Southern cuisine. Twitty travels from the tobacco and rice farms of colonial times to plantation kitchens and backbreaking cotton fields to tell of the struggles his family faced and how food enabled his ancestors' survival across three centuries. He sifts through stories, recipes, genetic tests, and historical documents, and visits Civil War battlefields in Virginia, synagogues in Alabama, and black-owned organic farms in Georgia. As he takes us through his ancestral culinary history, Twitty suggests that healing may come from embracing the discomfort of the South's past. Along the way, he reveals a truth that is more than skin deep--the power of food to bring the kin of the enslaved and their former slaveholders to the table, where they can discover the real America together."--Back cover.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Twitty, M. W. (2018). The cooking gene: a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South (First Amistadd paperback edition.). Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Twitty, Michael W., 1977-. 2018. The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South. Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Twitty, Michael W., 1977-. The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Twitty, Michael W. The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South First Amistadd paperback edition., Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018.

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