The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South Cajun Smart-Grosvenor wanted to keep the

Smart-Grosvenor wanted to keep the discussion of her cookbook/memoir focused on its message of food as a source of pride and validation of black womanhood and black "consciousness raising

to name just a few of the dishes that span the South and the globe

from one of the leaders of the cold stone-milled flour movement in the South

their enthusiasm for good food

operated food businesses

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South Cajun Smart-Grosvenor wanted to keep theAuthor: Michael W. Twitty 2018 James Beard Foundation Book of the Year 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award Winner inWriting Nominee for the 2018 Hurston Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction #75 on The Root100 2018 A renowned culinary historian offers a fresh perspective on our most divisive cultural issue, race, in this illuminating memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces his ancestry both black and white through food, from Africa to