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A Culinary Journey from Africa to America
Bloomsbury
January 2011
On Sale: January 4, 2011
288 pages ISBN: 1596913959 EAN: 9781596913950 Hardcover
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The grande dame of African-American cookbooks stakes her
claim with a narrative history of African-American cuisine. Acclaimed cookbook author Jessica B. Harris has spent much
of her life researching the food and foodways of the African
Diaspora. High on the Hog is the culmination of years of her
work and is one of the first histories of African-American
cuisine. Harris takes the reader on a harrowing journey from
Africa across the Atlantic to America, tracking the trials
that the people and the food have undergone along the way.
From chitlins and ham hocks to fried chicken and vegan soul,
Harris celebrates the delicious and restorative foods of the
African-American experience and details how each came to
form such an important part of African-American culture,
history, and identity. Although the story of African cuisine in America begins with
slavery, High on the Hog ultimately chronicles a thrilling
history of triumph and survival. A masterful storyteller and
an acclaimed scholar, Jessica Harris’s High on the Hog fills
an important gap in our culinary history.
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