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Author Twitty, Michael W., 1977- author.

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

Publication Info. New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  641.5929 TWI    Storage
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  641.5929 TWITTY    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  COOKING 641.5929 TWITTY    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  641.5975 TWITTY    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  641.59 TWI    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  641.59 AFRICAN AMERICAN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  641.5929 TWITTY    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  641.59296 TWITTY    DUE 04-08-24
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  641.59296 TWI    Missing
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  641.59296 TWI    DUE 04-09-24

Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 443 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-437).
Contents 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.
Summary "A memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces the paths of the author's ancestors (black and white) through the crucible of slavery to show its effects on our food today"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject African American cooking -- History.
Cooking, American -- Southern style -- History.
African Americans -- Food -- Southern States -- History.
African Americans -- Genealogy.
Genetic genealogy.
COOKING / History.
COOKING / Regional & Ethnic / American / Southern States.
Other Form: Online version: Twitty, Michael, 1977- Cooking gene. First edition. New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, 2017 9780062379283 (DLC) 2017004857
ISBN 9780062379290 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0062379291 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780062379276 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0062379275 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
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