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That Cotton Thing…and Food….
Friendly Reminder: Sunday May 6th at 11:59 pm our campaign is done. Its going to mean cutting places, venues, community service opportunies, and losing time to do genealogical research if we don’t...
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This Morning’s Grist.Org Piece
Claire Thompson did a very nice interview/write up on The Cooking Gene–Southern Discomfort Tour for Grist.Org! We have SIXTY SIX HOURS TO GO at this point—so I wish I could say I wasn’t worried but I...
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Partnering With the George Washington Carver Seed Bank
We will be partnering with The George Washington Carver Seed Bank to work with African American farmers and Reverend Al Sampson to create a seed bank for African American food systems. This is a...
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Note to Our Fellow Campaigners–We Love You and Keep Going :)
Why We Donated: A Call to Inspiration A few months ago I’d never even heard of crowdfunding. The word is so new that my spell check doesn’t know that it’s real. Now less than two days from our...
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Why this Project is Important to Me–A Last Call to Contribute and Act
Wow…. Sitting here right now its almost sunset in the DC area and this computer is about to be shut off in honor of the Sabbath. It’s been a ride like no other…..this journey to making this dream of...
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Thank You!
“Negroes in the North are right when they refer to the South as the Old Country. A Negro born in the North who finds himself in the South is in a position similar to that of the son of the Italian...
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Here We Go
No More Peck of Corn For Me We are on the road. It seems like a blur—Maryland, then Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. This morning, Alabama. Every place has a different story in...
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Louis Hughes of Mississippi Tells a Food Story
Louis Hughes was an African-Virginian sold into slavery in the Deep South. In his youth he was sold to Mississippi where he worked as a domestic on a cotton plantation. At Melrose Plantation, a...
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Michael W. Twitty (@KosherSoul) has shared a tweet with you
HEY AMERICA #WEBUILTIT …AND DON”T FORGET IT! This tweet sponsored by a GOVERNMENT PROGRAM called #EMANCIPATION http://t.co/KioO1iLU — KosherSoul (@KosherSoul)
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HEY AMERICA #WEBUILTIT ...AND DON"T FORGET IT! This tweet sponsored by a GOVERNMENT PROGRAM called #EMANCIPATION http://t.co/KioO1iLU -- KosherSoul (@KosherSoul)
View ArticleThe Cooking Gene Updated
Thank you for visiting The Cooking Gene website. We recently updated this site to reflect the release of the book, The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old...
View ArticleWHRO Curate 757: Culinary Historian and Author, Michael W. Twitty (Season 2,...
Culinary Historian and Author of The Cooking Gene, Michael W. Twitty at Colonial Williamsburg.
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