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Rock's Soul Food Sunday, a cook book with authentic soul food recipes from three generations, author Evelyn "Rock" Ragland. exudes the essence of h...

A "heartfelt and thoroughly enriching" (Aimee Nezhukumatathil, New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders) work that expands on how we t...

"Nima doesn't feel understood. By her mother, who grew up far away in a different land. By her suburban town, which makes her feel too much like an...

A visual celebration of Black women and their gardens, filled with inspiration, stories, and the healing magic of gardening, based on the popular I...

An introduction to classic Nigerian home cooking featuring 100 delicious recipes by food explorer, culinary anthropologist, and Nigerian Native of ...

Edna Lewis, known throughout the country as the Grande Dame of Southern cooking, often served as guest chef at Mulloy's restaurant where she and Mu...

A joyous celebration of Ethiopian Jewish cuisine: more than one hundred accessible and healthy recipes, stories, and traditions from the intersecti...

"Among the staple foods most welcomed on southern tables-and on tables around the world-rice is without question the most versatile. As Michael Twi...

Taunted for her unruly hair, Mackenzie seeks guidance from her wise and comforting neighbor, Miss Tillie. Using the beautiful garden in the backyar...

A stunning visual homage to Black bookstores, featuring a selection of shops around the country alongside essays that celebrate the history, commun...

"Originally published forty years ago, Alice Walker's first collection of nonfiction is a dazzling compendium that remains both timely and relevant...

"Johnnie wants to celebrate her Papa's birthday, but Papa doesn't know exactly when that special day is. Johnnie doesn't understand how that could ...

Written in simple and everyday language, these reflections move the mind to contemplate and take a second look at one's life in relationship with G...

There are many plants on Amara's farm. Today is the day she looks for her pumpkins.

There is a rich, beautiful, complex, and diverse narrative being told by African Americans and other persons of color in the floral marketplace lon...

"A grandmother passes down her love and respect for nature to her young grandson while they have fun working together in her garden"--

The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slaves came to the Americas in ...

The "chef and television celebrity takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh ... look at America's favorite comfort cuisine and tra...

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.

Twelve-year old Black girl Charley, who dreams of becoming the first professional female pitcher, must navigate adolescence during the turbulent se...

"Edna Lewis (1916-2006) wrote some of America's most resonant, evocative, and significant cookbooks ever, including the now classic The Taste of Co...

A Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award One of The Atlantic's 10 Best Books ...

This joyful coming together of two extraordinary cooks delivers 225 recipes and reflections on Southern food. Interwoven throughout are wonderful s...

From New York Times Bestselling author Kwame Alexander comes the first book in a searing, breathtaking trilogy that tells the story of a boy, a vil...