One of my favorite activities is to cook and experience new recipes with my family. It’s a great opportunity to teach your children or loved ones some fun techniques, spend some quality time together, and hopefully share a tasty meal or treat afterwards. It’s so wonderful to have the opportunity to cook with creativity and joy!
Black cooking is not just soul food. It is derived from many different cultures around the world. Here is a list of titles in which some great cooks share recipes from Africa, the Caribbean, the South and Harlem.
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Bryant Terry reworks and remixes the favorite staples, ingredients and classic dishes of the African Diaspora to present more than 100 wholly new, creative culinary combinations that will amaze vegans, vegetarians and omnivores alike. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Guy encourages readers to use all five senses when making these 75 recipes (each with a vegan alternative). You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Some great recipes for you to cook for yourself and your friends. You can also check out this title as eBook on Hoopla.
Miss Quad shares her love of Southern cooking that began with her mother teaching her how to cook in Memphis Tennessee.
Includes 75 recipes and stories gathered from Bibis (grandmothers) from eight African countries that touch the Indian Ocean. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
This collection of recipes and stories explores the roots and history of culturally diverse African American cooking. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Chef Marcus Samuelsson’s Harlem Red Rooster Restaurant shares recipes featuring Southern comfort food and multicultural influences. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby or as eBook on Hoopla.
Food Network fav Samuelsson pays homage to current Black chefs and the diversity of Black cooking with recipes that are inspired by their work and the history of the Black diaspora. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Lynch shares more than 100 recipes that were influenced by his Southern born father and his Caribbean mother.
Vegan updates to classic Southern soul food such as fried cauliflower chicken and gumbo. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.