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  • An open Dunkin' donut box on a wooden table holding a dozen Valentine's themed donuts: a mix of heart-shaped chocolate-frosted donuts with pink sprinkles, classic round donuts with pink and white icing, and one pink-striped heart, all decorated with pink, white, and red sprinkles.

    Friday Roundup #21 (On Sunday, Because February)

    ByKara February 15May 14 Friday Roundup

    The blog has been quiet this past week. Work has not been.Next week should be better, and tomorrow is Presidents’ Day, which in our house means a long weekend and a chance to get some end-of-winter things taken care of. Today it’s rainy and cold and I have big batch cooking plans for this afternoon…

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  • Michael Twitty's Cooking Gene - the hardback version.

    Black History Month: Essential Reading, Viewing, and Voices

    ByKara February 12May 16 Food & Politics

    This month on the blog, we’re honoring Black History Month by talking about African American foodways and the history of Southern food. If you want to learn more – and you should – here’s where to start. Essential Reading and Viewing Books: Television/Streaming: Writers and Food Historians to Follow: This is not an exhaustive list….

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  • A black and white image of the full moon rising at night behind the bare winter branches of trees.

    Friday Roundup #20

    ByKara February 6May 12 Friday Roundup

    Y’all, it’s Friday and I’m ready for the weekend. This has been one of those weeks where the weather can’t make up its mind, work has been relentless, and I’ve been coming home too tired to do much of anything except exist on the sofa. Here’s what’s been happening around here this week, plus what…

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  • Michael Twitty at an historical cooking reenactment at Smith Farm in Atlanta. Michael is sitting behind a wooden table loaded with food and ingredients. He's in front of a blazing cooking fire. There is a man to his left who is ready to enact his directions as the head cook in the room.

    What We Owe: Black Southern Foodways and the History We Need to Know

    ByKara February 2May 16 Food & Politics

    This is the first in what will be an ongoing series called Food is Political. I thought it was appropriate that this first post come during Black History Month and gives me a chance to talk about attribution, appropriation, and giving credit where it’s due It’s Black History Month. And on this blog, that’s going…

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