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My Eater Piece!
Your favorite food interest site and mine, Eater.com has just relaunched with a really hopeful, insightful and mission – oriented set of responses to questions about how food can change the world, and...
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Michael Twitty on culinary justice – video | Membership | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/membership/video/2014/oct/27/michael-twitty-on-culinary-justice-video Special thanks to John Mulholland and the Observer for inviting me to an incredible event!
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Michael Twitty, Afroculinaria | 50 People Who Are Changing the South in 2015...
http://www.southernliving.com/m/travel/people-changing-south-2015/michael-twitty-africulinaria I am pleased to announce that Southern Living, a magazine long revered in my family, named me and this...
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The Best Quote in Virginia Food History
I am not prepared to dispute these points, but I am tolerably certain that a few other things besides bacon and greens are required to make a true Virginian. He must, of course, begin on pot-liquor,...
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Speaking of Virginia Food History. .
Virginia was a huge colony then commonwealth that played, with its neighbor Maryland, an extraordinary role in the development of proto – Southern cuisine. Long before the Carolina-Georgia Lowcountry...
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Wild Game Butchering The Way Our Ancestors Did in Plantation Days
I asked my colleague Chef Harold Caldwell to write about the process of butchering wild game in the colonial and antebellum periods. This is a real treat full of detail about how our Ancestors...
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Mouth Full Of South: The Black Culinary Historian Who Recreates the...
http://munchies.vice.com/articles/mouth-full-of-south?utm_source=munchiestwitterus Fresh off the pages of Vice!!–both print and blog media. Many thanks to Helen Hollyman, Mike Moore, Elliott Moss and...
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Talking ‘Southern Discomfort': Foodcast with Michael Twitty | MUNCHIES
http://munchies.vice.com/videos/talking-southern-discomfort-foodcast-with-michael-twitty The podcast prequel to the article.. enjoy and feel free to share–it’s free and it helps spread the message!...
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‘Kiss me, I’m Irish’ took on a new meaning when DNA proved that I was |...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/17/irish-african-american-dna-tests?CMP=share_btn_tw&utm_content=bufferad2eb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buff...
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Stories for Passover About Slavery, Freedom, Family…and Lice – Tablet Magazine
http://tabletmag.com/podcasts/189405/vox-passover-stories My contribution among others to a special podcast via Tablet on Passover, as well as a recipe for Berbere seasoned brisket, which I’ll be...
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The African Roots of Mississippi Foodways
The Center for the Study of Southern Culture and the Southern Foodways Alliance present Michael W. Twitty “The Evolution of African Foodways in the Most Southern Place on Earth: Colonial and Antebellum...
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Dillard’s free Creole culinary conference is Thursday, April 16 | NOLA.com
http://www.nola.com/food/index.ssf/2015/04/free_day_of_creole_culinary_co.html. Come see me at Dillard, April 16, 2015! “The African Roots of Creole Cuisine.”
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Spring Drive on Afroculinaria April 27-May 4
Spring Drive at http://www.Afroculinaria.com. Drive will last from April 27-May 4. PLEASE consider contributing 5$ or more to our supply and research fund through the PayPal donate button on the corner...
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Poplar Forest cooking event focuses on food, culture of enslaved community –...
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In Honor of National Soul Food Month: The Roots of Soul
It’s National Soul Food Month. Yes there is such a thing! I thought I might take you on a tour of one of the sources of soul, the early Chesapeake. I’ve written frequently about the Chesapeake being...
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A People’s History of Southern Barbecue
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/04/barbecue-american-tradition-enslaved-africans-native-americans?CMP=share_btn_tw Enjoy this piece I wrote, freshly published on The Guardian giving a...
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In honor of #SFA15 :Southern Food: A 19th Century Photo Album
I can’t tell you how important I think food is. I’m currently at the 18th Southern Foodways Alliance conference in Oxford, Mississippi. Coming back to the world’s largest gathering of South-centric...
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A People’s History of Cornbread Stuffing | MUNCHIES
http://munchies.vice.com/articles/a-peoples-history-of-cornbread-stuffing Enjoy this introduction to kush, the original Southern cornbread dressing, a dish born between Africa and America with roots...
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How to Make Kush, the Original Cornbread Stuffing | MUNCHIES
https://munchies.vice.com/recipes/cornbread-kush Follow this link for a recipe for kush, an irreplaceable African American contribution to Thanksgiving.
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American slaves’ Christmas was a respite from bondage – and a reinforcement...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/25/american-slaves-christmas-was-a-respite-from-bondage-and-a-reinforcement-of-it I wish everyone a happy holiday. It’s interesting that for such a...
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