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Announcing a New Project Take One: The Cooking Gene
It is the eve of the last Shabbat of 2011. I can’t get a hold of anybody. Everybody is getting ready for New Year’s Eve and getting out the last of the holiday season fervor from their bones. I need...
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The Cooking Gene: The Southern Discomfort Tour: Genealogy
There are four aspects to The Cooking Gene–Genealogy, Food History, Identity and Connection. The campaign to fund the Southern Discomfort Tour begins January 16, 2012 on Indiegogo.com. The separate...
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A Photo Essay: The Best of 2012 at Afroculinaria Part One
With Andrew Zimmern after taping part of Bizarre Foods America Washington DC Meeting James Meredith, Activist, Teacher, Elder who Integrated the University of Mississippi With Dr. Henry Louis...
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Going to be in Alexandria, Virginia? Come join me!
The Alexandria Black History Museum Presents The Cooking Gene Project with Culinary Historian Michael Twitty Saturday, March 23, 2013 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Admission: $5.00 per session Reservations...
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African American Foodways with Michael W. Twitty 08/15 by BerniceBennett |...
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bernicebennett/2013/08/16/african-american-foodways-with-michael-w-twitty-1
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Interview with Andi Cumbo-Floyd, author of “The Slaves Have Names”
The people who lived enslaved in Central Virginia at plantations like the Bremo properties were highly industrious and skilled laborers who provided much of their own food. Outside the provided common...
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Happy Kwanzaa 2013: The Genetics of an American Cook
Kwanzaa is a annual cultural celebration innovated by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966. (Who will be speaking in Baltimore at the Reginald F.Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture at...
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Watch “REVEAL – Michael Twitty” on YouTube
My African Ancestry reveal video. From a synagogue to a historic plantation. All parts of myself.
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From Parts Unknown to The Cooking Gene: An Engraved Annoucement
So if you were watching Anthony Bourdain’s acclaimed CNN program Parts Unknown on Sunday, May 18th, you caught this exchange between Bourdain and the head of the Southern Foodways Alliance, John T....
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Trace Your Roots Back to Africa: One Day Course
Join cultural historian Michael W. Twitty for a day’s course at the Alexandria Black History Museum, Saturday, January 31, 2015 to learn how to discover your family roots back to Africa using all the...
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Researching African-American Ancestors
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2015/feb/18/researching-alexandrias-african-american-ancestors/ Great write up on my genealogy class at Alexandria Black History Museum! Includes highlights...
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I Can’t Hide Mine, Please Don’t Hide Yours: An Open Letter to Ben Affleck
Dear Ben, Its unfortunate because of a massive internet hack we are in this particular place discussing your ancestral past. It’s horrible that your private matters were exposed because of something...
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African American Foodways with Michael W. Twitty 08/15 by BerniceBennett |...
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bernicebennett/2013/08/16/african-american-foodways-with-michael-w-twitty-1
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Watch “REVEAL – Michael Twitty” on YouTube
My African Ancestry reveal video. From a synagogue to a historic plantation. All parts of myself.
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Trace Your Roots Back to Africa: One Day Course
Join cultural historian Michael W. Twitty for a day’s course at the Alexandria Black History Museum, Saturday, January 31, 2015 to learn how to discover your family roots back to Africa using all the...
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Researching African-American Ancestors
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2015/feb/18/researching-alexandrias-african-american-ancestors/ Great write up on my genealogy class at Alexandria Black History Museum! Includes highlights...
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I Can’t Hide Mine, Please Don’t Hide Yours: An Open Letter to Ben Affleck
Dear Ben, Its unfortunate because of a massive internet hack we are in this particular place discussing your ancestral past. It’s horrible that your private matters were exposed because of something...
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#WorldBookDay Pre-Order The Cooking Gene today
On November 8, 2016, HarperCollins will release my first book: The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African American Culinary History in the Old South. RACE. We are fascinated by it and...
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Tracing Family Roots Through Food With Michael Twitty – The Kojo Nnamdi Show
https://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2016-03-09/tracing-family-roots-through-food-with-michael-twitty I had a great time today with the one and only Kojo Nnamdi of DC’s NPR affiliate, WAMU 88.5. We...
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Meet a Afri-Creole Culinary Maven rescuing the food traditions of her...
I met Cheftavist Shawanda Marie at a recent presentation at Virginia Tech. Chef is a living archive of Afri-Creole culture, embodying the values of The Cooking Gene. During this Lenten time, I wanted...
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