‘People are eating African American food every day, but they don’t know it,” Angela Shelf Medearis
In part, she’s talking about James Hemings, who trained in the culinary arts in Paris and became a noted chef de cuisine, yet lived most of his life enslaved.
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"The Kitchen Diva's Diabetic Cookbook: 150 Healthy, Delicious Recipes For Diabetics and Those Who Dine With Them" by Angela Shelf Meadearis.
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"Black Girl Baking: Wholesome Recipes Inspired by a Soulful Upbringing" by Jerrelle Guy.
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Creole Chicken Stew is featured in “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook” by Angela Shelf Meadearis.
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Apple Cider Monkey Bread is featured in “Black Girl Baking” by Jerrelle Guy.
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