Michael Twitty
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Flavor and Freedom

The Story behind African American Food Traditions

Time 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Where Collins Cinema;
Collins Cafe Dining
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Michael Twitty, culinary historian, author, and founder of the Southern Discomfort Tour, in conversation with Michael Jeffries, Dean of Academic Affairs, Class of 1949 Professor in Ethics, and Professor of American Studies, Wellesley College.

Twitty is the author of Recipes from the American South (2025), Kosher Soul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew (2022), and The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African American Culinary History in the Old South (2018), which won the James Beard Foundation Book Award for Book of the Year.

Co-sponsored by Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Pluralism Initiative, Office of Intercultural Education, Harambee House, Paulson Initiative, Religion Department, Jewish Studies Department, and the Merle and Marshall Goldman Endowment Fund for Jewish Campus Life.

In person and livestreamed via Zoom

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