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The cooking gene : a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South  Cover Image Book Book

The cooking gene : a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South / Michael W. Twitty.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062379290
  • ISBN: 0062379291
  • ISBN: 9780062379276
  • ISBN: 0062379275
  • Physical Description: xvii, 443 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-437).
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface: The Old South -- No More Whistling Walk for Me -- Hating My Soul -- Mise en Place -- Mishpocheh -- Missing Pieces -- No Nigger Blood -- "White Man in the Woodpile" -- 0.01 Percent -- Sweet Tooth -- Mothers of Slaves -- Alma Mater -- Chesapeake Gold -- The Queen -- Adam in the Garden -- Shake Dem 'Simmons Down -- All Creatures of Our G-d and King -- The Devil's Half Acre -- "The King's Cuisine" -- Crossroads -- The Old Country -- Sankofa -- Author's Note -- Selected Bibliography.
Subject: African American cooking > History.
Cooking, American > Southern style > History.
African Americans > Food > Southern States > History.
African Americans > Genealogy.
Genetic genealogy.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Plymouth.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Pease Public Library 641.59 TWITTY
Gift?: No
34598000729882 Non-Fiction Available -


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