Understanding Your Plate Is Understanding Yourself by Tastemaker Michael Twitty https://flipboard.com/@tastemakers/understanding-your-plate-is-understanding-yourself-by-tastemaker-michael-twitty-vb8lggsq3u895met?from=share&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=share ..read more

GROUNDNUT WINGS Preheat oven to 375. You need: 2.5 pounds of chicken wings, drumettes separated from wing portion and tip if possible  2 tablespoons of West African wet seasoning  2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, Demerara sugar, turbinado sugar, coconut sugar or palm sugar. 1 tablespoon of suya spice 2 tablespoons of low sodium soy sauce 3 tablespoons of canola oil and the juice of one fresh lime 1/2 cup of natural peanut butter, no sugar or salt added if possible 3 thinly sliced scallions for garnish and flavor  1. Combine all ingredients except scallions in a large bo ..read more

Thank you all for being here for a decade. I know I’ve been light for a while here but life has been a roller-coaster. I started this blog January 12, 2011. I was inspired by Julie and Julia. I thought if she can do it, I can too! I never really accomplished as much as either one of those ladies, but 2 books and two James Beard Awards later, I’m here by the grace of G-d. I appreciate all of my subscribers and invite everyone to keep checking back for new posts and new recipes to come. Having this space is a privilege and a blessing and an important part of my journey with you. Black eyed pe ..read more

June 14-June 20 help books by Black authors take over the bestseller lists ..read more

At the end of the prologue to my book The Cooking Gene (HarperCollins Amistad imprint, 2017/2018) I reflected on whether or not the Southern table could give us some insight into America’s second original sin–the enslavement of Africans and the consequences that resulted: “The lazy, laughing South / With blood on its mouth /And I, who am black, would love her,” wrote Langston Hughes, a refugee of Joplin, Missouri, the poet laureate of black America. The poems I was bid to remember frequently referenced a place that was caught up in a weird braid of nostalgia, lament, romance, horror, and fea ..read more

Warning. This isnt my usual style of writing, it is full of cuss words and frustration and darkness and struggle in the attempt to recover and heal. Read at your own discretion. This is my reaction to the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery may they rest in peace and power. A Scolding in Seven Pieces 1. Gazelle Why do none of us really want to know?  Why do we tell ourselves stories that will hide the pain? Is it true that a gazelle will die willingly in the jaws of the predator? I mean allow itself to succumb to suffocation to its predator…is that true?  Is it t ..read more

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/the-nod/49h54e/michael-twittys-cooking-gene?utm_source=gimletWebsite&utm_medium=systemShare&utm_campaign=gimletWebsite So glad to be able to share this interview with the team from The Nod podcast, Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings! The Nod tells the stories of Black life that don’t get told anywhere else. Our show ranges from an explanation of purple drink’s association with Black culture to the story of an interracial drag troupe that traveled the nation in the 1940s. We celebrate the genius, the innovation, and the resilience that is so particular to being ..read more

Dear Disgruntled White Plantation Visitors, Hi! My name is Michael W. Twitty and I’m one of those interpreters who has watched you squirm or run away. I’m not a reenactor, because G-d forbid I reenact anything for the likes of you; but I am an interpreter, a modern person who is charged with educating you about the past. I take my job seriously because frankly you’re not the one I’m centering. I’m performing an act of devotion to my Ancestors. This is not about your comfort, it’s about honoring their story on it’s own terms in context. For over a decade I have been working towards my persona ..read more