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Watermelon & red birds : a cookbook for Juneteenth and black celebrations / Nicole A. Taylor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2022Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: xiv, 270 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781982176211
  • 1982176210
Other title:
  • Watermelon and red birds
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Contents:
Foreword. "Hot links and red drinks" / by Omar Tate -- Introduction. How to use this cookbook -- Juneteenth gadgets & pantry -- Recipe list. Spice blends, hot sauces & pickled things ; Red drinks ; Festivals & fairs ; Cookbook & BBQ ; Potato, green & fruit salads ; Snow cones, ice pops & ice cream ; Cake! Cake! Cake! (and a couple of pies) ; Everyday Juneteenth.
Summary: "The very first cookbook to celebrate Juneteenth, from food writer and cookbook author Nicole A. Taylor--who draws on her decade of experiences observing the holiday"--Amazon.Summary: On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, General Order No. 3 informed the people of Texas that all enslaved people were now free. In 1866, Juneteenth celebrations were celebrated with music, dance, and BBQs. Taylor bridges the traditional African American table and twenty-first century flavors with stories and recipes that will inspire parties to salute the holiday, or to help you create moments to savor joy all year round. -- adapted from inside front cover
List(s) this item appears in: Juneteenth
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 641.5929 T244 Available 33111010980734
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 641.5929 T244 Available 33111010843239
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The very first cookbook to celebrate Juneteenth, from food writer and cookbook author Nicole A. Taylor--who draws on her decade of experiences observing the holiday.

On June 19, 1865, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued General Order Number 3, informing the people of Texas that all enslaved people were now free. A year later, in 1866, Black Texans congregated with music, dance, and BBQs--Juneteenth celebrations.

All-day cook-outs with artful salads, bounteous dessert spreads, and raised glasses of "red drink" are essential to Juneteenth gatherings. In Watermelon and Red Birds , Nicole puts jubilation on the main stage. As a master storyteller and cook, she bridges the traditional African-American table and 21st-century flavors in stories and recipes. Nicole synthesizes all the places we've been, all the people we have come from, all the people we have become, and all the culinary ideas we have embraced.

Watermelon and Red Birds contains over 75 recipes, including drinks like Afro Egg Cream and Marigold Gin Sour, dishes like Beef Ribs with Fermented Harissa Sauce, Peach Jam and Molasses Glazed Chicken Thighs, Southern-ish Potato Salad and Cantaloupe and Feta Salad, and desserts like Roasted Nectarine Sundae, and Radish and Ginger Pound Cake. Taylor also provides a resource to guide readers to BIPOC-owned hot sauces, jams, spice, and waffle mixes companies and lists fun gadgets to make your Juneteenth special. These recipes and essays will inspire parties to salute one of the most important American holidays, and moments to savor joy all year round.

Foreword. "Hot links and red drinks" / by Omar Tate -- Introduction. How to use this cookbook -- Juneteenth gadgets & pantry -- Recipe list. Spice blends, hot sauces & pickled things ; Red drinks ; Festivals & fairs ; Cookbook & BBQ ; Potato, green & fruit salads ; Snow cones, ice pops & ice cream ; Cake! Cake! Cake! (and a couple of pies) ; Everyday Juneteenth.

"The very first cookbook to celebrate Juneteenth, from food writer and cookbook author Nicole A. Taylor--who draws on her decade of experiences observing the holiday"--Amazon.

Includes index.

On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, General Order No. 3 informed the people of Texas that all enslaved people were now free. In 1866, Juneteenth celebrations were celebrated with music, dance, and BBQs. Taylor bridges the traditional African American table and twenty-first century flavors with stories and recipes that will inspire parties to salute the holiday, or to help you create moments to savor joy all year round. -- adapted from inside front cover

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