The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-american Culinary History in the Old South
By Michael W. Twitty
Read by Michael W. Twitty
Unabridged
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Library CD (In Stock)
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9781665241021
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ISBN: 9781665241014
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ISBN: 9781665241038
Runtime: | 15.34 Hours |
Category: | Nonfiction/Social Science |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
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, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty takes listeners 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 He sifts through stories, recipes, genetic tests, and historical documents, and visits Civil War battlefields in Virginia, synagogues in Alabama, and black-owned organic farms in Georgia.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.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Twitty ably joins past and present, puzzling out culinary mysteries along the way . . . An exemplary, inviting exploration and an inspiration for cooks and genealogists alike. —Kirkus Starred Review
“Twitty ably joins past and present, puzzling out culinary mysteries along the way…An exemplary, inviting exploration and an inspiration for cooks and genealogists alike.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Should there ever be a competition to determine the most interesting man in the world, Michael W. Twitty would have to be considered a serious contender.” —Washington Post
“Fascinating.” —New York Times Book Review
Details
Details
Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
Category: | Nonfiction/Social Science |
Runtime: | 15.34 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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