Review: “The Cooking Gene” Lovingly Charts the Way Home for Black Southern Cooks By Dara in life with no comments When I first picked up culinary historian Michael W. Twitty’s book, The Cooking Gene , I admit to feeling a little intimidated. Exploring Culinary Traditions of Africa, African America and the African Diaspora, https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/tracing-his-urge-to-cook-through-slavery-and-the-south/2017/08/18/1aeaa6de-6e19-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html?utm_term=.9a21def40ce7. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Hey, just being real. ( Log Out / A ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read for me. Normally I’d take that as a compliment but in this differing context….I will still take it as a compliment. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2018.18.3.96. Subscribe to our mailing list to keep up to date with Book Girl Magic. You do not currently have access to this content. Like, y’all don’t understand. This site uses cookies. 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Michael Twitty's poetic prose is mesmerizing; my copy arrived one day and I sat down with it, intending… It is about history, and identity, and memory. I guess I’d like to correct a few things. This is cool. If you need a new hometown, we have plenty of good candidates here in Virginia! The Cooking Gene is about food and about so much more than food. I am a foodie and it was interesting to hear about all of the comfort foods that we eat so often, how our ancestors grew and prepared them and the origins in which they came from. lol It also speaks on Low Country cooking and how it too came to be. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Beth Timmers; Review: The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African-American Culinary History in the Old South, by Michael W. Twitty. Dear Disgruntled White Plantation Visitors, Sit Down. Search for other works by this author on: © 2018 by the Regents of the University of California. You could not be signed in. ( Log Out / I LIVED in Charleston, SC (while in college) for 2.5 years and yet still learned so much about it from this book.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀In the middle of the book, I thought to myself….I’ve never been so excited to read a chapter in my life. Tags new book • review • slavery • The Cooking Gene • Washington Post About michaelwtwitty I am a Judaics teacher and Culinary Historian focusing on the foodways of Africa, enslaved African Americans, African America and the African and Jewish diasporas. I LIVED in Charleston, SC (while in college) for 2.5 years and yet still learned so much about it from this book. Because of an unscrupulous landlord and some failures on the part of the City of Rockville Code Enforcement Division to address how they broke the law, I no longer live in Rockville, Maryland. Hi and welcome! Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Drop out and broke out are two different things. Change ), Support the work of Michael W. Twitty and get your copy of The Cooking Gene today by clicking on the image and link below to purchase on Amazon.com. I pretty much like it and go, aiight. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to. The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-American Culinary History in the Old South Michael W. Twitty. ( Log Out / And, “substantial girth,” yes, and? All rights reserved. It is about the complexity of the American present, about the hidden away memories in plain sight. It is no longer my hometown. http://www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints, Labor and the Love of Asparagus: A German Panic. The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty (@thecookinggene) took me places I wasn’t expecting to go! Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty (@thecookinggene) took me places I wasn’t expecting to go! Amistad, $28.99 (464p) ISBN 978-0-06-237929-0. Our ancestors played such a vital role in the foods we consume today.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I highly recommend this read. I am a Judaics teacher and Culinary Historian focusing on the foodways of Africa, enslaved African Americans, African America and the African and Jewish diasporas. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page. Our mission is to read books that celebrate black women authors. Also, I didn’t drop out of Howard University, I ran out of money. I’ve always been fascinated when it came to the language and how peeps born and raised in SC, speak like they’re from the islands. Book Girl Magic is a book club and space for women to be able to read, discuss and share ideas about the books we enjoy on the daily. 1. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. In The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South, culinary historian Michael Twitty poignantly tells the story of the African origins of Southern cuisine through the lens of his own family history. All rights reserved. Like, y’all don’t understand. The Cooking Gene, a new book by culinary historian Michael W. Twitty, is billed as "a journey through African-American culinary history in the Old South. A true gem that I will cherish and definitely revisit again! Review: The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African-American Culinary History in the Old South, by Michael W. Twitty Tags African American Foodways • book • book review • Genealogy • Genetic Genealogy • Kirkus • The Cooking Gene About michaelwtwitty I am a Judaics teacher and Culinary Historian focusing on the foodways of Africa, enslaved African Americans, African America and the … ( Log Out / Please check your email address / username and password and try again.