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Ani DiFranco: She Ain’t Whistling Dixie
Another flashpoint. Singer and beloved musician Ani DiFranco has cancelled an artists retreat at a historic plantation–a tourist site–Nottoway Plantation, in White Castle, LA; on the River Road....
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Watch “REVEAL – Michael Twitty” on YouTube
My African Ancestry reveal video. From a synagogue to a historic plantation. All parts of myself.
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Guess Who’s Coming to the Culinary Institute of America?
Very pleased to report my upcoming visit to the Culinary Institute of America this week! Click on this: http://enthusiasts.ciachef.edu/dooley-lecture-series/ to learn more! Clarissa with my Rabbit...
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The Antebellum Chef in Texas : TMBBQ
http://www.tmbbq.com/the-antebellum-chef-in-texas/ Great summary by Daniel Vaughn from Texas Monthly on my appearance at the French Legation Museum in Austin, Texas. Photos in my post courtesy of Betty...
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Virginia Conversations: Afro-Cuisine | Virginia Public Radio
http://virginiapublicradio.org/2014/02/07/virginia-conversations-afro-cuisine/ Today’s Virginia Conversations, for Black History Month a discussion on African Virginian foodways. ENJOY!
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Afro-Texan Culinary Connections (podcast) – Field and Feast
http://www.fieldandfeast.com/featured-articles/afro-texan-culinary-connection-podcast/ Special thanks to Cecilia Nasti for nabbing me for an interview while I was in Texas! It was an honor to be...
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Culinary historian Michael Twitty visits Purdue | WISHTV.com
http://wishtv.com/2014/02/26/culinary-historian-michael-twitty-visits-purdue/
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Boston College Visit March 18, 2014
I am going to Boston next weekend in preparation for a presentation at Boston College! If you are in Boston on Tuesday, March 18th, come to the Walsh Hall Function Room for Dining From a Haunted Plate:...
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Culinary historian explores culture, heritage through food | GoUpstate.com
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20140403/ARTICLES/140409905/1088/sports?Title=Culinary-historian-explores-culture-heritage-through-food
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The MADFeed — Nyapo’s Garden and the Terroir of MemoryMichael…
http://madfeed.co/post/82287098089/michael-twitty-mad-terroir-of-memory A few months ago I was asked to do a piece for the MAD food blog by Gabe Ulla and Rene Redzepi…yes that Rene: ..a piece about...
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We Have a Logo!
I asked my friend Joshua Hill of Simply Josh Designs to create a logo for me for Afroculinaria. I am committed to supporting young artists especially LGBT and people of color who are starting out....
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From Parts Unknown to The Cooking Gene: An Engraved Annoucement
So if you were watching Anthony Bourdain’s acclaimed CNN program Parts Unknown on Sunday, May 18th, you caught this exchange between Bourdain and the head of the Southern Foodways Alliance, John T....
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These Southern Things: A Recap
Mike Moore is the best. (And his family recipe for cucumber salad is killer.) That’s not really the thesis of this blog post, but it has to be said. Mike, chef-proprietor of Seven Sows Bourbon and...
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Tasting the past: Michael Twitty teaches history, equality and grace through...
http://mountainx.com/uncategorized/tasting-the-past-michael-twitty-teaches-history-equality-and-grace-through-food/ A great write up on the dinner with Mike Moore and Elliott Moss from my friend...
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Barbecue vs. Cookouts: What Does Race Have to Do With the Terminology? – The...
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/06/barbecue_vs_cookouts_what_does_race_have_to_do_with_the_terminology.1.html This was a really quick interview I recently did with Janee Desmond-Harris...
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Southern Discomfort &“The Cooking Gene”| New Haven Independent
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/cooking_his_way_to_the_past/ A really fantastic write up of the talk I delivered on June 18 at Yale University for the International Festival...
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Culinary Historian Michael Twitty On The Politics & Power Of Food » Arts &...
http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/article/culinary-historian-michael-twitty-politics-power-food/
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OKRACAST: The Resurrection of the Fish Pepper | Southern Foodways Alliance
http://www.southernfoodways.org/okracast-the-resurrection-of-the-fish-pepper/ Special thanks to the Southern Foodways Alliance by way of Tina Antolini for a great interview with myself, William Woys...
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Food On a Maryland Plantation: Frederick Douglass Speaks
Wye House Plantation, the Great House Farm spoken of by Frederick Douglass, Talbot County, Maryland, Eastern Shore From The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, 1889 On his Birth and his...
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Journeys in the Upper South: A Photo Essay
As I officially begin to work on The Cooking Gene, I have begun to travel the South again in search of bits and pieces from the world of my Ancestors. I am ever amazed and grateful for the journey and...
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