The Cooking Gene
Subtitle: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
By: Michael W. Twitty
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9780062379290; 9780062379276
Subjects: Genealogy; Food; American Cooking; Genetic genealogy; African American cooking; African Americans; Southern style; History
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-437).
Table of contents: title: Preface: The Old South; title: No More Whistling Walk for Me; title: Hating My Soul; title: Mise en Place; title: Mishpocheh; title: Missing Pieces; title: No Nigger Blood; title: "White Man in the Woodpile"; title: 0.01 Percent; title: Sweet Tooth; title: Mothers of Slaves; title: Alma Mater; title: Chesapeake Gold; title: The Queen; title: Adam in the Garden; title: Shake Dem 'Simmons Down; title: All Creatures of Our G-d and King; title: The Devil's Half Acre; title: "The King's Cuisine"; title: Crossroads; title: The Old Country; title: Sankofa; title: Author's Note; title: Selected Bibliography.