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Season 2, Episode 24: Mike Twitty, AfroCulinaria Blogger and Author

March 24, 2015 by admin Leave a Comment

michael-in-harlem-twoRECORDED 5/4/15: I was excited to talk with blogger and author Mike Twitty about his work, faith, food, and his forthcoming book The Cooking Gene.  He really breaks it down in terms of claiming the Mixed experience through food.  You don’t want to miss this interview.  You can listen here. Or download it on itunes.–Heidi Durrow

michael twitty kitchen_sepia_emailMichael Twitty, blogger at Afroculinaria, speaks with us. Twitty (@koshersoul) is a food writer, independent scholar, culinary historian , and historical interpreter personally charged with preparing, preserving and promoting African American foodways and its parent traditions in Africa and her Diaspora and its legacy in the food culture of the American South. Michael is a Judaic studies teacher from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area and his interests include food culture, food history, Jewish cultural issues, African American history and cultural politics. Afroculinaria will highlight and address food’s critical role in the development and definition of African American civilization and the politics of consumption and cultural ownership that surround it.

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