Michael W. Twitty on Oppression

JAN. 14, 2021 CULINARY JUSTICE: MICHAEL TWITTY AND LAVADA NAHON
Award-winning culinary writer Michael Twitty, author of “The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South,” and Lavada Nahon, a culinary historian, educator, and independent scholar, discuss the issue of cultural lineage through the history of food. JHC trustee and environmental writer Lori Fontanes moderated their discussion of how the identities and traditions of enslaved women and men have tenaciously survived for centuries through oral histories and recipes that are not always given appropriate attribution, documentation, or examination. How can understanding the “botanical birthplace” of the food we grow help us better comprehend our complicated American heritage?