Cookbooks and Memoirs by Black Chefs

February 5, 2021 - February is Black History Month, and the Camas Public Library wants to celebrate it by highlighting some wonderful books by black authors available in our catalog. While there are lots of great works of fiction to spotlight, in this post I am focusing on several amazing cookbooks from black chefs that draw on the rich history of African-American cuisine. Enjoy this selection of books that will give you lots of inspiration for your next meal with their great recipes and stories:]

The Africa Cookbook: Tastes Of A Continent by Jessica B. Harris.

Brown Sugar Kitchen by Tanya Holland

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History In The Old South by Michael W. Twitty

Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime Of Memories With Recipes by Maya Angelou

Jubilee by Toni Tipton-Martin

Marcus Off Duty: The Recipes I Cook At Home by Marcus Samuelsson.

Notes From A Young Black Chef: A Memoir by Kwame Onwuachi

Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World Of Plant-Based Recipes by Terry Bryant

Sweet Home Cafe Cookbook: A Celebration of African American Cooking by Albert Lukas

Elliot Stapleton, Library Associate
February 5th, 2021