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The Cooking Gene: The Southern Discomfort Tour: Genealogy
There are four aspects to The Cooking Gene–Genealogy, Food History, Identity and Connection. The campaign to fund the Southern Discomfort Tour begins January 16, 2012 on Indiegogo.com. The separate...
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Late Spring can’t come fast enough….Cymlings and an African American Heirloom...
So I have no beautiful food pictures for this….boo hoo–to come later. I realize that the standard in food blogging is to have it right there, cook it up, and have it ready in stunning photographic...
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The Colonial Roots of Southern Barbecue: Re-Creating the Birth of An American...
I appreciate the professional involvement, comradeship and compensation given me by Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and its staff, however I am speaking for myself and not the Foundation nor its...
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The Cotton Kingdom: A Photographic Essay
Photography by JWD and Jasper Colt @kidcolt on behalf of The Cooking Gene Project. Special thanks to them both for the extraordinary images and video. Special thanks to Chippokes Plantation State...
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A Photo Essay: The Best of 2012 at Afroculinaria Part One
With Andrew Zimmern after taping part of Bizarre Foods America Washington DC Meeting James Meredith, Activist, Teacher, Elder who Integrated the University of Mississippi With Dr. Henry Louis...
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Hog Killing Time–Comments and Commentary on a Southern Plantation Tradition
I’ve invited my friend Dontavius Williams of Historic Brattonsville in McConnells, South Carolina to join me in reaching and teaching on the matter of hog killing time. Now most Southerners had hog...
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Going to be in Alexandria, Virginia? Come join me!
The Alexandria Black History Museum Presents The Cooking Gene Project with Culinary Historian Michael Twitty Saturday, March 23, 2013 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Admission: $5.00 per session Reservations...
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This Weekend at Bacon’s Castle, Surry, VA
Afro-Atlantic Foodways with Culinary Historian, Michael Twitty 18th and 19th century Southern Afro- Atlantic cuisine, featuring Michael Twitty Saturday, March 30, 2013 Michael W. Twitty is a culinary...
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Roanoke’s favorite combo speaks to its Southern roots – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/life/food/roanokes-favorite-combo-speaks-to-its-southern-roots-688233/
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Culinary Luminaries: Edna Lewis | The Inquisitive Eater
http://inquisitiveeater.com/2013/10/31/culinanry-luminaries-edna-lewis/ Panel at the New School on the life and legacy of the South’s Julia Child, Mrs. Edna Lewis. Hanging out with the great Judith...
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Interview with Andi Cumbo-Floyd, author of “The Slaves Have Names”
The people who lived enslaved in Central Virginia at plantations like the Bremo properties were highly industrious and skilled laborers who provided much of their own food. Outside the provided common...
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Meet Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Ira Wallace, author of The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast, is a Central Virginia Master Gardener and a worker/owner of the cooperatively managed Southern Exposure Seed...
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Virginia Conversations: Afro-Cuisine | Virginia Public Radio
http://virginiapublicradio.org/2014/02/07/virginia-conversations-afro-cuisine/ Today’s Virginia Conversations, for Black History Month a discussion on African Virginian foodways. ENJOY!
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The Best Quote in Virginia Food History
I am not prepared to dispute these points, but I am tolerably certain that a few other things besides bacon and greens are required to make a true Virginian. He must, of course, begin on pot-liquor,...
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Speaking of Virginia Food History. .
Virginia was a huge colony then commonwealth that played, with its neighbor Maryland, an extraordinary role in the development of proto – Southern cuisine. Long before the Carolina-Georgia Lowcountry...
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Poplar Forest cooking event focuses on food, culture of enslaved community –...
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Roanoke’s favorite combo speaks to its Southern roots – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/life/food/roanokes-favorite-combo-speaks-to-its-southern-roots-688233/
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Culinary Luminaries: Edna Lewis | The Inquisitive Eater
http://inquisitiveeater.com/2013/10/31/culinanry-luminaries-edna-lewis/ Panel at the New School on the life and legacy of the South’s Julia Child, Mrs. Edna Lewis. Hanging out with the great Judith...
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Virginia Conversations: Afro-Cuisine | Virginia Public Radio
http://virginiapublicradio.org/2014/02/07/virginia-conversations-afro-cuisine/ Today’s Virginia Conversations, for Black History Month a discussion on African Virginian foodways. ENJOY!
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The Best Quote in Virginia Food History
I am not prepared to dispute these points, but I am tolerably certain that a few other things besides bacon and greens are required to make a true Virginian. He must, of course, begin on pot-liquor,...
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