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• Notes From a Young Black Chef

  a Memoir

  Onwuachi, Kwame,

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  By the time he was twenty-seven years old, Kwame Onwuachi had opened—and closed—one of the most talked about restaurants in America. He had sold drugs in New York and been shipped off to rural Nigeria to “learn respect.” He had launched his own…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Southern Food and Civil Rights

  Feeding the Revolution

  Opie, Frederick Douglass

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  From home cooks and professional chefs to local eateries and bakeries, food has helped activists continue marching for change for generations. Paschal's restaurant in Atlanta provided safety and comfort food for civil rights leaders. Elijah Muhammad…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Farming While Black

  Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land

  Penniman, Leah

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  Farming While Black is the first comprehensive “how to” guide for aspiring African-heritage growers to reclaim their dignity as agriculturists and for all farmers to understand the distinct, technical contributions of African-heritage people to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rise

  Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food

  Samuelsson, Marcus,

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  It is long past time to recognize Black excellence in the culinary world the same way it has been celebrated in the worlds of music, sports, literature, film, and the arts. Black cooks and creators have led American culture forward with indelible…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If I Can Cook, You Know God Can

  African American Food Memories, Meditations, and Recipes

  Shange, Ntozake,

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  A delightfully eclectic tribute to black cuisine as a food of life that reflects the spirit and history of a people. This edition, with delectable illustrations, features additional recipes—including two vegan dishes—that connect the culinary past…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Getting What We Need Ourselves

  How Food Has Shaped African American Life

  Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974-

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  Traces the history of African American food habits from West African origins through the twenty-first century, offering a unique set of insights into the daily concerns of black people in the US. The book demonstrates that from capture and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sweet Potato Soul

  100 Easy Vegan Recipes for the Southern Flavors of Smoke, Sugar, Spice, and Soul

  Claiborne, Jenné

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  A collection of soul food and Southern cooking plant-based recipes from the vegan personal chef and popular blogger features such dishes as sweet potato pancakes, miso peachy arugula salad, Cajun blackened tofu sandwich, and strawberry shortcake.

• Black Girl Baking

  Wholesome Recipes Inspired by a Soulful Upbringing

  Guy, Jerrelle, 1990-

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  Growing up sensitive and slightly awkward in a race-conscious space, Guy decided early on that good food is the most powerful way to connect, understand, and heal. She leaders readers on a sensual baking journey, using the fives senses, as she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cooking With Love

  Comfort Food That Hugs You

  Hall, Carla

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  Collects one hundred twenty-five recipes that adapt favorite comfort foods for overall taste enhancement, including spicy carrot ginger soup, chicken pot pie and five-flavor pound cake.

• Brown Sugar Kitchen

  New-style, Down-home Recipes From Sweet West Oakland

  Holland, Tanya

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  Brown Sugar Kitchen is more than a restaurant. This soul-food outpost is a community gathering spot, a place to fill the belly, and the beating heart of West Oakland, a storied postindustrial neighborhood across the bay from San Francisco. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Pursuit of Flavor

  Lewis, Edna,

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  In this James Beard Foundation Cookbook Hall of Fame-inducted cookbook, Miss Lewis (as she was almost universally known) shares the recipes of her childhood, spent in a Virginia farming community founded by her grandfather and his friends after…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sweet Home Cafe Cookbook

  a Celebration of African American Cooking

  Lukas, Albert, 1968-

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  Since the 2016 opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, its Sweet Home Café has become a destination in its own right. Showcasing African American contributions to American cuisine, the café offers favorite dishes made…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Son of a Southern Chef

  Cook With Soul

  Lynch, Lazarus,

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  A wildly inventive soul food bible from a two-time Chopped winner and the host of Snapchat's first-ever cooking show. Thousands of fans know Lazarus Lynch for his bold artistic sensibility, exciting take on soul food, and knockout fashion sense. Laz…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Soul

  a Chef's Culinary Evolution in 150 Recipes

  Richards, Todd (Chef)

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  Presents recipes inspired by the author's soul food roots, including such dishes as collard waffles, sausage-stuffed onions, smoked oysters on toast, oxtail potpies, and potato-crusted flounder.

• Red Rooster Cookbook

  the Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem

  Samuelsson, Marcus

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  When the James Beard Award-winning chef Marcus Samuelsson opened Red Rooster on Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem, he envisioned more than a restaurant. It would be the heart of his neighborhood and a meet-and-greet for both the downtown and the uptown…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Meals, Music, and Muses

  Recipes From My African American Kitchen

  Smalls, Alexander, 1952-

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  Alexander Smalls has owned, conceptualized, and helmed some of New York's most iconic African American restaurants. Now, he follows up the James Beard award-winning Between Harlem and Heaven with Meals, Music, and Muses, a look at his world glimpsed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vegetable Kingdom

  the Abundant World of Plant-based Recipes

  Terry, Bryant, 1974-

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  More than 100 beautifully simple recipes that teach you the basics of a great vegan meal centered on real food, not powders or meat substitutes--from the James Beard Award-winning chef and author of Afro-Vegan Food justice activist and author Bryant…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jubilee

  Recipes From Two Centuries of African-American Cooking

  Tipton-Martin, Toni,

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  Throughout her career, James Beard Award-winning author Toni Tipton-Martin has shed new light on the history, breadth, and deth of African American cuisine. She's introduced us to black cooks, some long forgotten, who established much of what's…Read moreRead more of this annotation