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If I can cook, you know God can : African American food memories, meditations, and recipes / Ntozake Shange ; foreword by Vertamae Grosvenor ; [epilogue 2018 by Ntozake Shange].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Celebrating Black Women WritersPublisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: xv, 120 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 080702144X
  • 9780807021446
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Recipes -- What'd you people call that? -- What we don't say in public -- All it took was a road / Surprises of urban renewal -- Birthday in Brixton -- Too many fish in the sea -- Brazil: more African than Africans -- What is it we really harvestin' here? -- Westward ho! Anywhere must be better'n here! -- Better late than never -- Is that why the Duke had a train of his own? -- And what did you serve? Oh, no, you did not! -- Virtual realities. Real people. Real foods -- Epilogue -- Epilogue 2018.
Summary: Ntozake Shange offers this eclectic tribute to black cuisine as a true food of life, one that reflects the tenacious spirit and powerful history of a people. With recipes that include everything from Cousin Eddie's Shark with Breadfruit to Collard Greens to Bring You Money, Shange instructs us in the nuances of a cuisine born on the slave ships of the Middle Passage, spiced by the jazz of Duke Ellington, and shared by all members of the African Diaspora. From the flyin' fish controversy (yes, that's right, flyin' fish) between Trinidad and Tobago, to a union of spirits in the once-divided nation of Nicaragua, we enter a world where adaptation and experimentation are a matter of course, where history and pain have forged nations, but food has founded culture.
List(s) this item appears in: Self-Care September 2023
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 641.5929 S528 Available 33111009321429
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An expanded edition of a celebrated book that travels throughout the African diaspora to savor the timeless joy of black cuisine and culture.

A hidden gem by the author of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf , Some Sing, Some Cry , Sassafrass , Cypress & Indigo , and Betsey Brown , a delightfully eclectic tribute to black cuisine as a food of life that reflects the spirit and history of a people. This edition, with delectable illustrations, features additional recipes--including two vegan dishes--that connect the culinary past to the present and welcomes a new generation of readers. With recipes such as "Cousin Eddie's Shark with Breadfruit" and "Collard Greens to Bring You Money," Shange instructs us in the nuances of a cuisine born on the slave ships of the Middle Passage, spiced by the jazz of Duke Ellington, and shared by generations across the African diaspora. Rich with personal memories and historical insight, If I Can Cook/You Know God Can is a timeless story of the migration of a people and the cuisine that marks their living legacy and celebration of taste.

Ntozake Shange offers this eclectic tribute to black cuisine as a true food of life, one that reflects the tenacious spirit and powerful history of a people. With recipes that include everything from Cousin Eddie's Shark with Breadfruit to Collard Greens to Bring You Money, Shange instructs us in the nuances of a cuisine born on the slave ships of the Middle Passage, spiced by the jazz of Duke Ellington, and shared by all members of the African Diaspora. From the flyin' fish controversy (yes, that's right, flyin' fish) between Trinidad and Tobago, to a union of spirits in the once-divided nation of Nicaragua, we enter a world where adaptation and experimentation are a matter of course, where history and pain have forged nations, but food has founded culture.

Includes bibliographical references.

Recipes -- What'd you people call that? -- What we don't say in public -- All it took was a road / Surprises of urban renewal -- Birthday in Brixton -- Too many fish in the sea -- Brazil: more African than Africans -- What is it we really harvestin' here? -- Westward ho! Anywhere must be better'n here! -- Better late than never -- Is that why the Duke had a train of his own? -- And what did you serve? Oh, no, you did not! -- Virtual realities. Real people. Real foods -- Epilogue -- Epilogue 2018.

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