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The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty
2 reviews
millibear's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
If it wasn't clear, this book is framed around Michael Twitty's journey of discovery regarding his family roots so it's more memoir than a back-to-front culinary history. It's a passionately researched book--learned a lot even just from unexplained context (like John de Conqueror root). As a piece of narrative nonfiction, all the attributions are going to be in the end of the book (if you were looking for them during, like I was).
Loved Twitty's specificity where he could be particular research and records permitting. I don't feel like the chapters themselves were tightly structured, but that could partly be to my own confusion early on on how much memoir vs. history text the book was. Overall, I think this accomplished what Twitty set out to do. I'm glad I read it and glad I could read Twitty's search through his histories and his meditations on food as ancestry in the violence of American slavery.
Loved Twitty's specificity where he could be particular research and records permitting. I don't feel like the chapters themselves were tightly structured, but that could partly be to my own confusion early on on how much memoir vs. history text the book was. Overall, I think this accomplished what Twitty set out to do. I'm glad I read it and glad I could read Twitty's search through his histories and his meditations on food as ancestry in the violence of American slavery.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Kidnapping and Slavery
Minor: Rape
emtur007's review
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery and Trafficking
Moderate: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Abortion
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