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2011 – UN International Year for People of African Descent

By On September 26, 2011 · 2 Comments

I am late with this, at least here on the site. I’ve been talking up the 2011 International Year for People of African Descent since late 2010 with friends, on Twitter and on Facebook but haven’t done anything special to commemorate it with Roots Cuisine, for various reasons. Most of them logistical and [...]

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Roots Cuisine on “Hot Grease”

By On June 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Today I’ll be interviewed on the Heritage Radio Network show “Hot Grease”, which is hosted by Nicole Taylor. Tune in I’ll be talking about Juneteenth, Church Homecomings, and one of my most favorite subjects, Roots Cuisine!

Check it out here….

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Bound for Turkey

By On February 19, 2011 · 9 Comments

As some of you know I’ve had a great opportunity to advance the cause of Roots Cuisine. I was offered the opportunity to be part of the U.S. State Department Speakers program back in November, which meant that I would be traveling to Turkey to speak (initially) about Louisiana foodways. Interest in topics has expanded [...]

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