The Cooking Gene


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2018 James Beard Foundation Book of the Year | 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award Winner inWriting | Nominee for the 2018 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction | #75 on The Root100 2018 A renowned culinary historian offers a fresh perspective on our most divisive cultural issue, race, in this illuminating memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces his ancestry—both black and white—through food, from Africa to America and slavery to freedom. Southern food is integral to the American culinary tradition, yet the question of who "owns" it is one of the most provocative touch points in our ongoing struggles over race. In this unique memoir, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty takes readers to the white-hot center of this fight, tracing the roots of his own family and the charged politics surrounding the origins of soul food, barbecue, and all Southern cuisine. From the tobacco and rice farms of colonial times to plantation kitchens and backbreaking cotton fields, Twitty tells his family story through the foods that enabled his ancestors’ survival across three centuries. He sifts through stories, recipes, genetic tests, and historical documents, and travels from Civil War battlefields in Virginia to synagogues in Alabama to Black-owned organic farms in Georgia. As he takes us through his ancestral culinary history, Twitty suggests that healing may come from embracing the discomfort of the Southern past. Along the way, he reveals a truth that is more than skin deep—the power that food has to bring the kin of the enslaved and their former slaveholders to the table, where they can discover the real America together. Illustrations by Stephen Crotts




Jamie's Comfort Food


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Comfort Food Two Ways ***Black and White Edition***


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Do you love your comfort food, but also want to try to eat a little more healthy? This cookbook may be precisely the cookbook you are looking for! It gives you the best of both culinary worlds. ***Black & White Edition*** We all have our favorite comfort foods! Life wouldn't seem right without them. So often, though, these foods we love are not exactly good for us. In fact, many of them are downright unhealthy! That is why this fantastic cookbook is such a treasure. It contains both the classic recipes for many of your tantalizing favorites ... and then, just in case you are trying to be good ... this cookbook also has new healthier versions for these same beloved recipes! And, you get to choose which way to go! The comfort foods we love so much can be unhealthy for several reasons. Many are loaded with fats from deep-frying, creamy sauces, or cheeses. Some are heavily loaded with sugar. Others are loaded with salt. And, a great many are nothing but pure carbohydrates. Now there's a healthy alternative for you and your family. Believe it or not, there are ways you can take your favorite comfort food recipes and rework them just a bit to make them healthier - while still retaining the flavorful goodness that keeps us coming back for more. Whatever your motivation, whether you are trying to develop better eating habits for yourself and your family, or whether you are merely trying to lose some weight, there are simple substitutions you can make with ingredients you have on hand that will make those comforting snacks and meals into more acceptable, healthier choices. This cookbook contains over 140 original and healthier comfort food recipes that show you how it can be done. Can you tell the difference? Sometimes ... maybe. The differences are typically very subtle. In the end, it will be up to you to decide whether healthier comfort foods that still taste great are worth any subtle changes that many people will never notice. In the long run, seeing both recipe versions will teach you how to modify any recipe in a snap. You'll learn how to substitute ingredients to make any recipe a healthier choice. And for those days that you don't want to be good, the original recipes are also included in the book! Inside this cookbook, you'll find mouth-watering recipes including: Mac and Cheese Grandma's Fried Chicken French Toasts All-American Breakfast Southern Sizzling Poppers Classic Corn Chowder Chicken and Waffles Creamy Chicken Enchiladas Plantation Chicken Pot Pie Old South Meatloaf Chunky Beef Chili Reuben Sandwich Sloppy Joes French Canadian Poutine Spaghetti Bolognese Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Sandwiches Southern Fried Pork Chops Traditional Fish and Chips Grandma's Gumbo Tuna Casserole Shrimp and Grits Buttermilk Cast Iron Cornbread Cinnamon Rolls Boston Baked Beans Aunt Sarah's Strawberry Shortcake Red Velvet Cake And many more! Each tempting recipe comes with great pictures, a detailed list of ingredients, cooking and preparation times, number of servings, nutritional information per serving, and easy to follow step-by-step instructions allowing you to create those favorite foods your family loves and craves, but with a healthier twist to them if you so choose. Let's start cooking! Scroll back up and order your copy today!




Comfort Food


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Now in paperback from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Friday Night Knitting Club... Shortly before turning 50, TV cooking show personality Augusta "Gus" Simpson discovers that the network wants to boost her ratings by teaming her with a beautiful, young new co-host. But Gus isn't going without a fight-whether it's off-set with her two demanding daughters, on-camera with the ambitious new diva herself, or after-hours with Oliver, the new culinary producer who's raising Gus's temperature beyond the comfort zone. Now, in pursuit of higher ratings and culinary delights, Gus might be able to rejuvenate more than just her career.




Black, White, and The Grey


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A story about the trials and triumphs of a Black chef from Queens, New York, and a White media entrepreneur from Staten Island who built a relationship and a restaurant in the Deep South, hoping to bridge biases and get people talking about race, gender, class, and culture. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GARDEN & GUN • “Black, White, and The Grey blew me away.”—David Chang In this dual memoir, Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano take turns telling how they went from tentative business partners to dear friends while turning a dilapidated formerly segregated Greyhound bus station into The Grey, now one of the most celebrated restaurants in the country. Recounting the trying process of building their restaurant business, they examine their most painful and joyous times, revealing how they came to understand their differences, recognize their biases, and continuously challenge themselves and each other to be better. Through it all, Bailey and Morisano display the uncommon vulnerability, humor, and humanity that anchor their relationship, showing how two citizens commit to playing their own small part in advancing equality against a backdrop of racism.




Eat This Poem


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A literary cookbook that celebrates food and poetry, two of life's essential ingredients. In the same way that salt seasons ingredients to bring out their flavors, poetry seasons our lives; when celebrated together, our everyday moments and meals are richer and more meaningful. The twenty-five inspiring poems in this book—from such poets as Marge Piercy, Louise Glück, Mark Strand, Mary Oliver, Billy Collins, Jane Hirshfield—are accompanied by seventy-five recipes that bring the richness of words to life in our kitchen, on our plate, and through our palate. Eat This Poem opens us up to fresh ways of accessing poetry and lends new meaning to the foods we cook.




Eat Joy


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Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by Martha Stewart Living "Magnificent illustrations add spirit to recipes and heartfelt narratives. Plan to buy two copies—one for you and one for your best foodie friend." —Taste of Home This collection of intimate, illustrated essays by some of America’s most well–regarded literary writers explores how comfort food can help us cope with dark times—be it the loss of a parent, the loneliness of a move, or the pain of heartache. Lev Grossman explains how he survived on “sweet, sour, spicy, salty, unabashedly gluey” General Tso’s tofu after his divorce. Carmen Maria Machado describes her growing pains as she learned to feed and care for herself during her twenties. Claire Messud tries to understand how her mother gave up dreams of being a lawyer to make “a dressed salad of tiny shrimp and avocado, followed by prune–stuffed pork tenderloin.” What makes each tale so moving is not only the deeply personal revelations from celebrated writers, but also the compassion and healing behind the story: the taste of hope. "If you've ever felt a deep, emotional connection to a recipe or been comforted by food during a dark time, you'll fall in love with these stories."—Martha Stewart Living “Eat Joy is the most lovely food essay book . . . This is the perfect gift." —Joy Wilson (Joy the Baker)




Scandinavian Comfort Food


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The Scandinavians excel in comfort – family, friends, a good atmosphere, long meals, relaxation and an emphasis on simple pleasures. They even have a word for this kind of cosiness that comes with spending quality time in hearth and home when the days are short: hygge. Trine Hahnemann is the doyenne of Scandinavian cooking and loves nothing more than spending time in her kitchen cooking up comforting food in good company. This is her collection of recipes that will warm you up and teach you to embrace the art of hygge, no matter where you live.




The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook


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The revolutionary cookbook that whisks the carbs out of comfort food classics—from the New York Times bestselling authors of Protein Power. When you think about low-carb diets, do you picture complicated meal plans and bland foods that leave you with cravings? Do the words comfort food make you long for scrumptious delights like pancakes, ice cream, chocolate chip cookies, or fettucine alfredo—foods you thought you could never have on a low-carb diet? If your answers to the above were yes and yes, you’re in for a huge surprise! You can have these foods and many more, thanks to The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook. Drs. Michael and Mary Dan Eades and chef Ursula Solom give you unique, easy cooking tips and more than 300 yummy low-carb recipes for foods that help you keep your weight down and fulfill your cravings. In no time at all, you’ll be on an easy-to-follow low-carb plan that will allow you to stay thin and healthy—and feel great! The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook includes: Southern fried chicken with pan gravy * Elegant biscuits * Melt-in-your-mouth pancakes * Deluxe low-carb macaroni and cheese * Beef and mushroom crepes * Spicy corn chips * Soft crust pizza * Low-carb beef stroganoff * Raisin rolls * Breaded sole * Fettucine alfredo * Low-carb lasagna * Super banana bread * Low-carb tacos * Bean and cheese burritos * Best garlic bread * Eggplant parmigiana * Rich low-carb pound cake * Scrumptious low-carb cheesecake * Apple brown betty * Cheddar cheese waffles * Chocolate ice cream * Key lime pie * Sublime truffles




It's Not All Downhill From Here


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • After a sudden change of plans, a remarkable woman and her loyal group of friends try to figure out what she’s going to do with the rest of her life—from Terry McMillan, the bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING • “Poignant, funny and full of life, this is a balm for troubled times.”—People Loretha Curry’s life is full. A little crowded sometimes, but full indeed. On the eve of her sixty-eighth birthday, she has a booming beauty-supply empire, a gaggle of lifelong friends, and a husband whose moves still surprise. True, she’s carrying a few more pounds than she should be, but Loretha is not one of those women who think her best days are behind her—and she’s determined to prove wrong her mother, her twin sister, and everyone else with that outdated view of aging wrong. It’s not all downhill from here. But when an unexpected loss turns her world upside down, Loretha will have to summon all her strength, resourcefulness, and determination to keep on thriving, pursue joy, heal old wounds, and chart new paths. With a little help from her friends, of course.