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...
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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...
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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...
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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’...
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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...
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ALEXANDER SMALLS: MALE CHEFS RIDE THE FUSION WAVE
Last week on a frigid Thursday evening, I found myself in Harlem surrounded by snow drifts, a dozen Facebook food friends, and inspired Afro-Asian cuisine at Alexander Small’s sexy new restaurant, The Cecil. An ensemble of attentive waiters played their parts with...
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Patty Pinner: Butterscotch Peace Pie is Sweet, Easy for MLK Holiday
This Saturday, after four years of sharing the message that pie is a perfect food tradition for Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in other people’s churches, I get to celebrate with a Peace Through Pie social and my home congregation. I am thrilled that Round Rock has...
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COOKING WITH THE EXPERTS: Resetting the African American Table
I am so excited. After two years of writing, The Jemima Code – The Book is finally in production at the University of Texas Press. We are hoping for a fall 2015 release, with pop-up exhibits of photographs from the book planned as part of my book tour. In the...
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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....
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Bessie Munson: “Reach Out to Others” with Peace Pie for MLK Holiday
Yesterday morning, just before we went on the air to invite everyone, everywhere to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday by serving “Peace Pie,” my friend and partner Luanne Stovall revealed to the staff and guests at KAZI radio in Northeast Austin the warm,...
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