Michael W. Twitty is a food writer, independent scholar, culinary historian, and historical interpreter personally charged with preparing, preserving, and promoting African American foodways and its parent traditions in Africa and her Diaspora and its legacy in the food culture of the American South. He is also a Judaic studies teacher from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area and his interests include food culture, food history, Jewish cultural issues, African American history, and cultural politics.
Books in order of publication:
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South – 2017
Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook – 2021
Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew – 2022
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