Braided Heritage
recipes and stories on the origin of american cuisine
$72.23
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
7 July 2025
Summary
Braided Heritage: A Culinary Tapestry of the Americas
Discover the sweeping story of how Indigenous, European, and African traditions intertwined to form an entirely new cuisine, with over 90 recipes for the modern home cook - from the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Famer and star of the Netflix docuseries High on the Hog.
One of our preeminent culinary historians, Dr. Jessica B. Harris has conducted decades of research throughout the Americas, the Caribbean, and Africa. In th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593139776 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0593139771 |
| Author: | Jessica B. Harris |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 7 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 203mm |
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About The Author
Jessica B. Harris
Jessica B. Harris is the author, editor, and translator of seventeen books, including twelve cookbooks documenting the foods and foodways of the African diaspora. Her IACP Award-winning book High on the Hog- A Culinary Journey from Africa to America has been adapted into a Netflix series. Harris is a professor emerita at Queens College/CUNY in New York and has written extensively for scholarly and popular publications. She served as the culinary consultant for the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture and their lauded restaurant, the Sweet Home Cafe. She holds lifetime achievement awards from the Southern Foodways Alliance, the Soul Summit, and the James Beard Foundation, which also inducted Harris into the Cookbook Hall of Fame.
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