Flavor and Freedom
The Story behind African American Food Traditions
Michael Twitty, culinary historian, author, and founder of the Southern Discomfort Tour, in conversation with Kellie Carter Jackson, Michael and Denise Kellen '68 Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Wellesley College.
Twitty is 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.
Sponsored by the Pluralism Initiative
Co-sponsored by Africana Studies Department, Religion Department, Jewish Studies, Harambee House, Office of Intercultural Education
In person and livestreamed via Zoom