A culinary memoir tracing the roots of Southern food through one historian's family history, from Africa to America and slavery to freedom.
In this James Beard Book of the Year, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty traces his ancestry both Black and white through the foods that sustained his family across three centuries. Moving from tobacco and rice farms of colonial times to plantation kitchens and cotton fields, Twitty draws on family recipes, genetic tests, historical documents, and travels across the South to illuminate the charged politics of who “owns” Southern cuisine. Soul food, barbecue, and the broader Southern culinary tradition emerge as sites of memory, survival, and potential reconciliation. Illustrations by Stephen Crotts.
- Michael W. Twitty, Author
- Published in 2018
- Paperback
- Published by Amistad
- ISBN: 9780062379276
A culinary memoir tracing the roots of Southern food through one historian's family history, from Africa to America and slavery to freedom.
In this James Beard Book of the Year, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty traces his ancestry both Black and white through the foods that sustained his family across three centuries. Moving from tobacco and rice farms of colonial times to plantation kitchens and cotton fields, Twitty draws on family recipes, genetic tests, historical documents, and travels across the South to illuminate the charged politics of who “owns” Southern cuisine. Soul food, barbecue, and the broader Southern culinary tradition emerge as sites of memory, survival, and potential reconciliation. Illustrations by Stephen Crotts.
- Michael W. Twitty, Author
- Published in 2018
- Paperback
- Published by Amistad
- ISBN: 9780062379276