Cookbooks

Delve into foodways of the United States, including testimonies from more than 30 Black chefs, restaurateurs, historians and luminaries, as well as 40 historically-rooted recipes. Equal parts historical exploration and cookbook, this rich narrative...

The long and pernicious relationship between fast food restaurants and the African American community Today, fast food is disproportionately located in Black neighborhoods and marketed to Black Americans through targeted advertising. But throughout much...

A home cook's guide to one of America's most diverse - and delicious - cuisines, from James Beard Award-winning author and culinary historian Michael W. Twitty 'Our cuisine, with its grits and black-eyed peas, crab cakes, red rice, and endless...

Charlise Rookwood, the vegan influencer and host of The Black Vegan Cooking Show, brings a vegan approach to African and Caribbean-style cooking Whether you are new to vegan cooking, simply want to reduce the amount of meat and dairy you are consuming,...

Remember the last time you ate an orange - that cool, sweet juice running through your fingers and down your forearm? Well, who knew that oranges would show up on most sophisticated plates these days, adding zest and color to any menu? Included are juicy...

Tampa Bay's Jack and Joy Harris revel in making cooking easy, but luscious, in Easy- Breezy Florida Cooking. Joy includes a lovely collection of her favorite recipes along with hilarious comments by husband ( Cracker Jack Harris ), 970WFLA's popular...

This book proves that, with a little planning and minimal effort, you can eat surprisingly well during power outages. In hurricane season, this book is a crucial resource. It can be used for any emergency or anytime you are without power. And you can use...

A transportive, highly personal cookbook of 100 West African-influenced recipes and stories from Top Chef finalist Eric Adjepong Sankofa is a Ghanaian Twi word that roughly translates to the idea that we must look back to move forward. In his moving...

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' "BEST COOKBOOKS OF 2023"NAMED ONE OF THE BEST FALL BOOKS BY EATER, FORBES, ROBB REPORT, PLATE, GARDEN & GUN, ANDREW ZIMMERN'S SPILLED MILK, DELISH, AND NY MAG'S THE STRATEGIST.INCLUDED IN BEST GIFT GUIDES FROM SAVEUR AND...

Raised in Appalachia, native daughter Ashleigh Shanti, a queer Black woman and acclaimed chef, knows Southern Black cooking means more than we've come to believe. While hot buttered cast-iron-pan cornbread and crunchy, juicy, lard-fried chicken have...

Explore the Stories, Food, and Faith of Black Americans Your family is invited to learn more about the accomplishments and adversities of twelve noteworthy African American believers, including Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Freeman, Harriet Tubman, and...

Originally published in 1916, this innovative peanut recipe book by prominent Black scientist George Washington Carver is just as delicious today. How many ways can you possibly prepare the peanut? At least 105, according to George Washington Carver. In...