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THE HOPE OF JEMIMA: The Joy of African American Cooking
This will be the last regular post for The Jemima Code — a blog that turned the spotlight on America’s invisible black cooks and their cookbooks, grew into a traveling exhibit and book available now via the University of Texas Press and spawned a 501c3 nonprofit...
DOLLY, LIZZIE, ZEPHYR: The Cooks Behind White House Hospitality
What do you do when you discover something unknown to most people? You make a documentary, of course. At least that’s what my friend Adrian Miller has decided to do, and I hope you will support his very special project. In my February 28th post, I introduced you to...
SHEILA FERGUSON: “Aunt Ella’s Recipes Speak for Themselves”
“Rise up, ye women that are at ease! Hear my voice ye careless daughters! Give ear to my speech.” -- Isaiah 23:9 You may have been surprised to see so few posts about women last month on a blog that is named after a woman. From memorable historic figures, to my...
ADRIAN MILLER: LOVE, PEACE AND SOOOOOOUL FOOD
It didn’t take much to bring the soul food debate raging back into the limelight — Black History Month and a fried chicken, watermelon and cornbread lunch planned at a California Catholic school. Critics were outraged, but I don’t blame the students at the all-girls’...
ABBY FISHER & S. THOMAS BIVINS: SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR
Did you ever want something so bad it hurt? That’s how I feel about the last four First Edition African American cookbooks remaining on my Jemima Code shopping list. These extremely rare volumes are all that stands between me and a complete re-write of African...
LENA RICHARD: HONORED BY JAMES BEARD THEN AND NOW
I went to the safe to retrieve a New York-area author from the Jemima Code cookbook collection to be among the black cooks featured in my pop-up art exhibit at the Greenhouse Gallery at James Beard House in Manhattan. I came out with New Orleans chef Lena Richard....