{"product_id":"for-the-culture","title":"For The Culture: Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food: Interviews, Inspiration, and Recipes","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Klancy Miller (2023)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[FROM BOOKLADY COOKS] \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"276\" data-end=\"489\"\u003eAt Booklady Cooks, we love all the cookbooks — the old, ratty ones with foodstains and no pictures. The glossy art books that live on the coffee table. The little recipe boxes filled with your grandma’s favorites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"548\"\u003eBut what we love most are the stories behind the recipes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"550\" data-end=\"722\"\u003eWhere did this dish come from?\u003cbr data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"583\"\u003eWho cooked it first?\u003cbr data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"606\"\u003eWho gathered around the table to eat it?\u003cbr data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"649\"\u003eWhat were their lives like — their hopes, their heartaches, their dreams?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"752\"\u003eThis book holds all of that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"754\" data-end=\"997\"\u003eKlancy Miller makes sure we know the Black women and femmes who built food writing and food work in this country — women who deserve as much recognition as Julia Child. Edna Lewis. B. Smith. Leah Chase. Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor. Lena Richards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"999\" data-end=\"1184\"\u003eAnd then she brings us into the present, interviewing the contemporary women and femmes shaping how we experience food today — in restaurants, online, and in the pages of our cookbooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1186\" data-end=\"1306\"\u003eI made the luscious Baked Smoked Okra Dip by Jerrelle Guy of Chocolate for Basil — and my husband was lucky I shared it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1308\" data-end=\"1536\"\u003eJerrelle is an award-winning cookbook author, food stylist, recipe developer, and photographer. But just as compelling as her recipe is her story — what drives her, what shapes her work, and the life she’s building through food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[FROM THE PUBLISHERS] *Winner of the 2024 IACP Cookbook Award for Literary or Historical Food Writing*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA must-have anthology of the leading Black women and femmes shaping today’s food and hospitality landscape—from farm to table and beyond—chronicling their passions and motivations, lessons learned and hard-won wisdom, personal recipes, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChef and writer Klancy Miller found her own way by trial and error—as a pastry chef, recipe developer, author, and founder of For the Culture magazine—but what if she had known then what she knows now? What if she had known the extraordinary women profiled within these pages—entrepreneurs, chefs, food stylists, mixologists, historians, influencers, hoteliers, and more—and learned from their stories?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike Leah Penniman, a farmer using Afro-Indigenous methods to restore the land and feed her community; Ashtin Berry, an activist, sommelier, and mixologist creating radical change in the hospitality industry and beyond; or Sophia Roe, a TV host and producer showcasing the inside stories behind today’s food systems. Toni Tipton-Martin, Mashama Bailey, Carla Hall, Nicole Taylor, Dr. Jessica B. Harris . . . In this gorgeous volume these luminaries and more share the vision that drives them, the mistakes they made along the way, advice for the next generation, and treasured recipes—all accompanied by stunning original illustrated portraits and vibrant food photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition, Miller shines a light on the matriarchs who paved the way for today’s tastemakers—Edna Lewis, B. Smith, Leah Chase, Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, and Lena Richard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese collective profiles are a one-of-a-kind oral history of a movement, captured in real time, and indispensable for anyone passionate about food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNEW HARDCOVER\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JOVANNA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49958932644033,"sku":"9780358581277","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/5445\/8561\/files\/9780358581277.jpg?v=1770172123","url":"https:\/\/bookladycooks.com\/products\/for-the-culture","provider":"Booklady Cooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}