If I Can Cook/You Know God Can
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An expanded edition of a celebrated book that travels throughout the African diaspora to savor the timeless joy of black cuisine and culture. A hidden gem by the author of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf , Some Sing, Some Cry , Sassafrass , Cypress & Indigo , and Betsey Brown , a delightfully eclectic tribute to black cuisine as a food of life that reflects the spirit and history of a people. This edition, with delectable illustrations, features additional recipes--including two vegan dishes--that connect the culinary past to the present and welcomes a new generation of readers. With recipes such as "Cousin Eddie's Shark with Breadfruit" and "Collard Greens to Bring You Money," Shange instructs us in the nuances of a cuisine born on the slave ships of the Middle Passage, spiced by the jazz of Duke Ellington, and shared by generations across the African diaspora. Rich with personal memories and historical insight, If I Can Cook/You Know God Can is a timeless story of the migration of a people and the cuisine that marks their living legacy and celebration of taste.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080702144X
ISBN13:9780807021446
Release Date:January 2019
Publisher:Beacon Press
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.46 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"
Customer Reviews
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IfI Can Cook, You know God Can
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I typed it and now I can't find it and don't want to repeat whatI have just typed. I have no photo.
Delicious!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Autobiographical and historical and cultural all rolled up in one. With the holidays coming up, these great stories and recipes of great african and african-american dishes--dishes from people and lands of color--would go perfectly with each serving of yams, blackeyed peas and rice and collards. Foods of defiance, comfort, strength. Presented by the superb Ntozake Shange. (For my two cents, all the schoolkids ought to be taught how really influential Ntozake was in black entertainment, period, not just literature. But that sounds like a discussion for another review.)
Experience African-American experience through culinary hist
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I am not an African-American but through Shange's words I can feel the grief, the sorrow, and the triumphs of the African-American experience. By talking about food, which everybody needs and relates to, she paints a far more vivid picture of the African people in the Diaspora than a scholarly historian might. Many of her recipes call for ingredients I've hardly heard of, but her evocative descriptions of the food almost make me able to taste it.
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