Delving into the history of dishes rooted in Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe, Sweet Home Café Cookbook sheds much-needed light on the unique and critical role African Americans played in shaping the way we eat today.” —Marcus Samuelsson, chef and co-owner of Red Rooster Harlem, Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from Penguin Random House, Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network. Presented here are the salads, sides, soups, snacks, sauces, main dishes, breads, and sweets that emerged in America as African, Caribbean, and European influences blended together. Tuesday-Sunday: 11AM-6PM Sweet Home Café Cookbook is a heartwarming guided tour through African American culinary history that sparkles with all the fervor, dedication, and innovation of the Café … We are experiencing technical difficulties. Showcasing African American contributions to American cuisine, the café offers favorite dishes made with locally sourced ingredients, adding modern flavors and contemporary twists on classics. Through recipe descriptions and columns on signature ingredients (such as rice, peanuts, and oysters), Harris defines what African American food is. Buy, Oct 23, 2018 Now both readers and home cooks can partake of the café's bounty: drawing upon traditions of family and fellowship strengthened by shared meals, Sweet Home Café Cookbook celebrates African American cooking through recipes served by the café itself and dishes inspired by … In these refined café dishes, Lukas and Harris deliver a delicious food history lesson for home cooks.” —Publishers Weekly “Named for the cafe at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, this cookbook collects classic and contemporary dishes inspired by historically African American foods. Learning about cultures that provide us with our favourite foods today is necessary. More than a collection of inviting recipes, this book illustrates the pivotal–and often overlooked–role that African Americans have played in creating and re-creating American foodways.
More than a collection of inviting recipes, this book illustrates the pivotal–and often overlooked–role that African Americans have played in creating and re-creating American foodways. There are also contributions from the cafe’s supervising chef Albert Lukas and executive chef Jerome Grant. | ISBN 9781588346612 Recipes I recommend (so far): Baked Macaroni & Cheese, Hibiscus & Ginger Sweet Tea, and Sweet Potato Pie! Keepers like mixed greens with baby turnips, biscuits, a somewhat-upmarket pimento cheese, fried croaker, and macaroni and cheese that’s almost as easy as a packaged mix, are interspersed with history and sidebars about ingredients like okra, rice and peanuts.” —New York Times”More than just a collection of recipes, Sweet Home Café Cookbook is a fascinating, thoughtful look at African American foodways, and how American food wouldn’t be nearly as delicious and complex without the many contributions of African American cooks.” —Southern Living ”A love letter to African-American history, culture, and cuisine” —DCist ”The recipes will open a cook’s eyes to the diversity and richness of African-American cuisine.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ”Part of the phenomenal success and overflowing crowds at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History has been the museum’s Sweet Home Café, a venue for visitors from all backgrounds to share food together. Showcasing African American contributions to American cuisine, the café offers favorite dishes made with locally sourced ingredients, adding modern flavors and contemporary twists on classics. Sweet Home Café Cookbook: A Celebration of African American Cooking [NMAAHC, Bunch III, Lonnie G., Harris, Jessica B., Lukas, Albert, Grant, Jerome] on Amazon.com. Befitting a cookbook produced by a museum, every recipe is carefully categorized by geographic origins, and a paragraph illuminates how each dish fits specifically within African-American cuisine’s diverse history and origins.” —Booklist, starred review“Lukas, supervising chef of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture’s café, and Harris (The Martha’s Vineyard Table) present the museum café’s recipes in this fascinating cookbook. Offering a deliciously new perspective on African American food and culinary culture, Sweet Home Café Cookbook is an absolute must-have. By clicking Sign Up, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Penguin Random House's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Offering a deliciously new perspective on African American food and culinary culture, Sweet Home Café Cookbook is an absolute must-have. Editor's Picks: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fannie Flagg’s Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook, The Complete America’s Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001 – 2019, The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook, Gift Edition, The Complete Cook’s Country TV Show Cookbook Season 12, America’s Test Kitchen Twentieth Anniversary TV Show Cookbook, Discover Book Picks from the CEO of Penguin Random House US. About Sweet Home Café Cookbook. | ISBN 9781588346407 Read 26 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. PORTER SQUARE BOOKS, 25 WHITE ST, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02140 | 617-491-2220 |, Copyright © Porter Square Books, Your Neighborhood Bookstore, STORE HOURS: Expected soul food standards such as collards and potlikker, fried chicken, and sweet potato pie appear in this beautifully illustrated cookbook, and there are also supplemental ideas from other new world African traditions such as Jamaica’s curried goat, Trinidad’s Afro-Indian Trini doubles, and Guyanese oxtail pepper pot. Although the colorful, inviting photographs in Sweet Home Café Cookbook: A Celebration of African American Cooking will inspire you to get in the kitchen, the passages by culinary historian Jessica B. Harris will make you want to sit down and read. Monday: CLOSED, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. Named a 2019 James Beard Foundation Book Award nominee for best American cookbook; a Food & Wine best cookbook of fall 2018; a Booklist top 10 food book of 2018; an Essence Oct 2018 pick, and more.Since the 2016 opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, its Sweet Home Café has become a destination in its own right. The history and recipes are there, but it's up to us to put in the work. This is a handbook for the culture that shaped American cuisine—cook it, treasure it, and celebrate it at your own table.” —Carla Hall, Chef, Author“Sweet Home Café Cookbook is a heartwarming guided tour through African American culinary history that sparkles with all the fervor, dedication, and innovation of the Café itself. Chilling Audiobooks for a Haunting Halloween, Books Sure to Be on Everyone’s Holiday List, Read the Book Behind the Showtime Limited Series, Ina Garten's Latest Cozy and Delicious Recipes, Audiobooks Read By Your Favorite Celebrities, *This title is not eligible for purchase to earn points nor for redemption with your code in the. With 109 recipes, the sumptuous Sweet Home Café Cookbook takes readers on a deliciously unique journey. Buy. Featured recipes include Pea Tendril Salad, Fried Green Tomatoes, Hoppin’ John, Sénégalaise Peanut Soup, Maryland Crab Cakes, Jamaican Grilled Jerk Chicken, Shrimp & Grits, Fried Chicken and Waffles, Pan Roasted Rainbow Trout, Hickory Smoked Pork Shoulder, Chow Chow, Banana Pudding, Chocolate Chess Pie, and many others. A celebration of African American cooking with 109 recipes from the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Sweet Home Café Since the 2016 opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, its Sweet Home Café has become a destination in its own right. Now both readers and home cooks can partake of the café’s bounty: drawing upon traditions of family and fellowship strengthened by shared meals, Sweet Home Café Cookbook celebrates African American cooking through recipes served by the café itself and dishes inspired by foods from African American culture.With 109 recipes, the sumptuous Sweet Home Café Cookbook takes readers on a deliciously unique journey. Sweet Home Café Cookbook: A Celebration of African American Cooking
Presented here are the salads, sides, soups, snacks, sauces, main dishes, breads, and sweets that emerged in America as African, Caribbean, and European influences blended together. The restaurant’s menu includes all sorts of tasty dishes that connect both directly and indirectly with African-American culinary history. Please try again later. Chapter introductions and headnotes from culinary historian Jessica B. Harris (High on the Hog) provide social and historical context to 109 regional recipes such as potato salad, Louis Armstrong’s red beans & rice, fried croaker with corn hush puppies, and banana pudding. Presented here are the salads, sides, soups, snacks, sauces, main dishes, breads, and sweets that emerged in America as African, Caribbean, and European influences blended together.
It is a new necessary favorite for my kitchen.” —Michael W. Twitty, author of The Cooking Gene“This book is a celebration of—and an education in—the cuisine that helped forge the culture of this country. There is a lot of African American history and culture packed in this cookbook and one of my favourite parts is the stories behind each recipe. With 109 recipes, the sumptuous Sweet Home Café Cookbook takes readers on a deliciously unique journey. African-American dishes born outside Dixie include New York City restaurateur Thomas Downing’s celebrated oyster pan roast and frontier cowboys’ son-of-gun stew. Now both readers and home cooks can partake of the café’s bounty: drawing upon traditions of family and fellowship strengthened by shared meals, Sweet Home Café Cookbook celebrates African American cooking through recipes served by the café itself and dishes inspired by foods from African American culture.With 109 recipes, the sumptuous Sweet Home Café Cookbook takes readers on a deliciously unique journey.
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