Jubilee: Recipes From Two Centuries Of African-American Cooking

"I look to cookbooks for the edible and the edifying – and found Jubilee to be a true feast. Food journalist Toni Tipton-Martin traces 200 years of African American cooking, exploring how dishes evolved over time and updating historic recipes for the modern palate. Tipton-Martin showcases dishes that reflect the breadth of the African American experience – from ingredients and techniques with roots in Africa, to meals prepared by enslaved chefs and free entrepreneurs, to recipes that fed civil rights activists and the black bourgeoisie. As its name implies, Jubilee is a culinary celebration of black excellence."