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The Genealogy of Southern Cooking

The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty

February 23, 2023 by reginadelmar 2 Comments

This is a book that showcases my shortcomings as a reviewer. I really enjoyed listening to this book, but am struggling to write about it. It is a memoir, a history of southern cuisine and a book on genealogy. Twitty reads the book himself which works well because the book is a very personal journey. He describes himself as an “obsessive cook with compulsive genealogist tendencies who can point to a map of Africa, Europe, North America, and with it, the South, and guide you […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, Featured, History Tagged With: #history, #memoir, CBR15Passport, Genealogy, Michael Twitty, Slavery, Southern food, The Cooking Gene

reginadelmar's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, Featured, History · Tags: #history, #memoir, CBR15Passport, Genealogy, Michael Twitty, Slavery, Southern food, The Cooking Gene ·
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Food and socially conscious history together; I wish I would have liked it more.

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

July 7, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 11/30 I’m feeling like a dick on this one, but I didn’t have the reading experience I was hoping for with such glowing reviews. I didn’t hate it, or even dislike it, but I didn’t really like it all that much either. I had two main problems here. The first may or may not have been exacerbated by the second, but as of right now, I have no way of knowing. Before I get to my issues, this book […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #food, #memoir, african american history, cooking, culinary memoir, Michael W Twitty, narfna, Non-Fiction, read harder challenge 2021, The Cooking Gene

narfna's CBR13 Review No:91 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction · Tags: #food, #memoir, african american history, cooking, culinary memoir, Michael W Twitty, narfna, Non-Fiction, read harder challenge 2021, The Cooking Gene ·
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“The privilege of living now is that I can seat myself at the master’s table – the table of my white ancestor, a slaveholder – and interpret his world, and he has no say.”

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael Twitty

July 6, 2021 by faintingviolet 5 Comments

I think to understand what The Cooking Gene is, you have to have a picture of its author. I’ve known Michael Twitty on Twitter for about a decade, Museum Twitter can be a small space sometimes in the best possible ways. Besides being a hoot to spend time with during political debates, Twitty is also a Culinary Historian focusing on the foodways of Africa, enslaved African Americans, African America and the African and Jewish diasporas. Basically, he’s one of the people you want to talk […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: African American Culture, afroculinaria, cbr13bingo, enslaved peoples, faintingviolet, historic foodways, KosherSoul, Michael Twitty, museums, open hearth cooking, read harder challenge, The Cooking Gene, travel

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:28 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: African American Culture, afroculinaria, cbr13bingo, enslaved peoples, faintingviolet, historic foodways, KosherSoul, Michael Twitty, museums, open hearth cooking, read harder challenge, The Cooking Gene, travel ·
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History of several kinds

The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty

November 30, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

I have to admit up front that I did not completely finish The Cooking Gene; I had it from the library and ran out of renewals before I had to return it. This is not a fast read if you want to really get the content and the feeling. I don’t mean that the style is hard to read; on the contrary, it’s written in a pretty conversational way. What made it slower for me was the depth of what was being presented. This came […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, african american history, American History, auto-biography, food history, lgbtq history, Michael Twitty, non fiction, slave history, The Cooking Gene

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:84 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, african american history, American History, auto-biography, food history, lgbtq history, Michael Twitty, non fiction, slave history, The Cooking Gene ·
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There is No Chef Without a Homeland

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

March 14, 2019 by Emmalita 4 Comments

I’ve struggled to find the right way to talk about Michael Twitty’s The Cooking Gene. It was a game changer for me in the way I think about food, but it was also a mostly enjoyable and intriguing read. I recommend it highly, especially if you have any interest in food or American history. Twitty does historic cooking demonstrations in the kitchens of Southern plantations. He cooks the food that would have been eaten with the tools that would have been used. I want to reclaim my […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Michael W Twitty, read by the author, The Cooking Gene

Emmalita's CBR11 Review No:15 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Michael W Twitty, read by the author, The Cooking Gene ·
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