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@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ If you ever want to feel incredibly soft, read some books about European explore "[I believed] no proposal for seeing any part of the world which I had never seen before could possibly come amiss." -- William Dampier His own, more unyielding, philosophy was that “men as cannot comply with any custom or cannot endure hardships or hard fare … should endeavour to live at home for they are apt to make mountains of molehills.” + +# The Cooking Gene + +The Cooking Gene is about the influence that the enslavement of Africans by European settlers has had on foodways and history of the Old South. The Cooking Gene includes personal narratives, history, recipes, and folk songs. The recipes have African, Native American, and European roots as the author integrates his Jewish faith into African-American cooking. Twitty emphasizes the African flair that has been added to European and Native American ingredients by African American cooks. Additionally, he discusses plants used in cooking that are native to Africa such as sesame, okra, and sorghum. + +T |