African American Cooking and Baking

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Updated May 2, 2025
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The way home : a celebration of sea islands food and family with over 100 recipes
Brown, Kardea
Paper Book
Kardea Brown, the breakout star of Food Network's hit show Delicious Miss Brown celebrates the Gullah/Geechee culinary traditions of her family in this spectacular cookbook featuring 125 original mouthwatering recipes and gorgeous four-color photos. The Way Home brings a...
Sweet potato soul : 100 easy vegan recipes for the Southern flavors of smoke, sugar, spice, and soul
Claiborne, Jenné
Paper Book
100 vegan recipes that riff on Southern cooking in surprising and delicious ways, beautifully illustrated with full-color photography.  Jenné Claiborne grew up in Atlanta eating classic Soul Food--fluffy biscuits, smoky sausage, Nana's sweet potato pie--but thought she'd...
South of somewhere : recipes and stories from my life in South Africa, South Korea & the American South
Gray, Dale
Paper Book
NAMED A BEST COOKBOOK OF 2023 by TASTING TABLE and LOCAL PALATE A one-of-a-kind recipe chronicle of Dale Gray's life in the south--from South Africa to South Korea to the American South. South of Somewhere is a unique culinary tour of beloved...
Carla Hall's soul food : everyday and celebration
Hall, Carla
Paper Book
Beloved TV chef (ABC's Emmy Award-winning The Chew and fan favorite on Bravo's Top Chef), Carla Hall takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh, lip-smackin' look at America's favorite comfort cuisine. In Carla Hall's Soul Food, the beloved chef and television celebrity...
Tanya Holland's California soul : recipes from a culinary journey West
Holland, Tanya
Paper Book
80+ comfort-filled recipes that trace the roots of modern California soul food to the Great Migration-from the acclaimed chef and author of Brown Sugar Kitchen. "The new California Cuisine is California Soul."-Questlove "California Soul...
Sweet Home Cafe cookbook : a celebration of African American cooking
Lukas, Albert
Paper Book
A celebration of African American cooking with 109 recipes from the National Museum of African American History and Culture's Sweet Home Cafe. A James Beard Foundation Book Award nominee for best American cookbook; a Food & Wine best cookbook; a Booklist top 10 food book; an...
For the culture : phenomenal Black women and femmes in food : interviews, inspiration, and recipes
Miller, Klancy
Paper Book
A must-have anthology of the leading Black women and femmes shaping today's food and hospitality landscape--from farm to table and beyond--chronicling their passions and motivations, lessons learned and hard-won wisdom, personal recipes, and more. Chef and writer Klancy...
Ed Mitchell's barbeque
Mitchell, Ed
Paper Book
James Beard Finalist A celebration of the history and tradition of whole-hog barbeque from the "most famous" pitmaster in North Carolina Named one of the Best Cookbooks of the Year by NPR, Publishers Weekly and The Local Palate: Food Culture of the South Ed Mitchell's journey...
My America : recipes from a young black chef
Onwuachi, Kwame
Paper Book
A BON APPETIT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * What is American food? In his first cookbook, the acclaimed author of Notes from a Young Black Chef shares the dishes of his America; dishes that show the true diversity of American food. Onwauachi is "the most important chef in...
Soul food love : healthy recipes inspired by one hundred years of cooking in a Black family
Randall, Alice
Paper Book
A mother-daughter duo reclaims and redefines soul food by mining the traditions of four generations of black women and creating 80 healthy recipes to help everyone live longer and stronger.   NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER * "Soul Food Love has preserved our...
The rise : Black cooks and the soul of American food
Samuelsson, Marcus
Paper Book
An Eater Best Cookbook of Fall 2020 * This groundbreaking new cookbook from chef, bestselling author, and TV star Marcus Samuelsson celebrates contemporary Black cooking in 150 extraordinarily delicious recipes. It is long past time to...
Fix me a plate : traditional and new school soul food recipes from Scotty Scott of Cook Drank Eat
Scott, Scotty
Paper Book
Prepare to fall in love with the wholesome beauty of soul food, with Scotty Scott's approachable and unique take on the cuisine's key dishes. Each flavor has a story, and every recipe in this book is infused with a family anecdote that highlights its significance to Scotty's life. Raised in Detroit...
Our South : Black food through my lens
Shanti, Ashleigh
Paper Book
ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: Washington Post, Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Forbes, EATER, Smithsonian Magazine, Library Journal * ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS TO GIFT: The Strategist, Domino Raised in Appalachia, native daughter...
Meals, music, and muses : recipes from my African American kitchen
Smalls, Alexander
Paper Book
Iconic chef and world-renowned opera singer Alexander Smalls marries two of his greatest passions--food and music--in Meals, Music, and Muses. More than just a cookbook, Smalls takes readers on a delicious journey through the South to examine the food that has shaped the region. Each...
Afro-vegan
Terry, Bryant
Paper Book
In Afro-Vegan, renowned chef and food justice activist 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. <...
Black food : stories, art & recipes from across the African diaspora
Terry, Bryant
Paper Book
A beautiful, rich, and groundbreaking book exploring Black foodways within America and around the world, curated by food activist and author of Vegetable Kingdom Bryant Terry. WINNER OF THE ART OF EATING PRIZE . JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE . ONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS...
Jubilee : recipes from two centuries of African American cooking
Tipton-Martin, Toni
Paper Book
"A celebration of African American cuisine right now, in all of its abundance and variety."-Tejal Rao, The New York Times JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER . IACP AWARD WINNER . IACP BOOK OF THE YEAR. TONI TIPTON-MARTIN NAMED THE 2021 JULIA CHILD AWARD RECIPIENT ...
Koshersoul : the faith and food journey of an African American Jew
Twitty, Michael
Paper Book
"Twitty makes the case that Blackness and Judaism coexist in beautiful harmony, and this is manifested in the foods and traditions from both cultures that Black Jews incorporate into their daily lives...Twitty wishes to start a conversation where people celebrate their differences...
Praisesong for the kitchen ghosts : stories and recipes from five generations of Black country cooks
Wilkinson, Crystal
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, throughpowerful storytelling alongside nearly forty comforting recipes, from the former poetlaureate of Kentucky."With Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts,...

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