Michael W. Twitty
Recipes
Mississippi Mud Cake
This cake was created from thrift and was supposedly named after its appearance, which reminded people of the muddy Mississippi River bottom.
Recipes
Grape Dumplings
Native American people made these with cornmeal dumplings, simmering them with wild grapes, which were harvested at their peak sweetness.
Recipes
Apple and Honey Rice Kugel
Michael W. Twitty combines the best of custardy kugel with rich rice pudding of the American South for this take on the Rosh Hashanah classic.
Culture
Matthew Raiford’s New Cookbook Celebrates Black Resistance by Existence
Bress ’n’ Nyam—a Gullah Geechee phrase meaning “pray and eat”—takes a kaleidoscopic view of African American cuisine while staying rooted in the author’s ancestral farm.
Culture
For Three Philly-Born Chefs, This Juneteenth Is About Looking Back—and Pushing Forward
“As long as there’s Black joy, it’s already a legit celebration.”
Culture
I Had Never Eaten in Ghana Before. But My Ancestors Had.
With oral histories and a DNA test as his guides, a food historian travels to Ghana for a taste of the home he's never known.