Black Cooking and the American Table

Recent books continue to illuminate and correct the record on how African and African American cooks, enslaved or otherwise, had a profound influence on the food we eat. Here are a few to get you started…


Mamushka

Shake off winter gloom with vibrant, joyful Eastern European cooking.



A Feast for Private Eyes

Celebrate Thanksgiving with some mysteries you can really sink your teeth into. These authors are cooking up some criminal conundrums–and yummy recipes as well.


Cookbooks for Your Thanksgiving Dinner

It’s time for turkey, and mashed potatoes, and green bean casserole … or not. Is this the year to change up your old stand-by recipes for Thanksgiving? Or do you want a new way to make family favorites? Find ideas in these cookbooks.


The Beach House Cookbook

One of the queens of beach reads, Mary Kay Andrews, shares her favorite beach house recipes in her very first cookbook.  Recipes include the likes of Beachy Ceviche, Boy Howdy … Continued


Thug Kitchen 101

Maybe you’re like me, and have asked yourself more than once “Does microwave popcorn count as dinner?” or stood staring at your cupboards wondering if there’s anything you actually know how to cook with the ingredients you have. If you are, Thug Kitchen 101 is a good place to start.