Cooking for the Culture: Recipes and Stories from the New Orleans Streets to the Table -- Toya Boudy, Hardcover

Toya Boudy's father grew up in the Magnolia projects of New Orleans; her mother shared a tight space with five siblings uptown. They worked hard, rotated shifts, and found time to make meals from scratch for the family. In Cooking for the Culture, Boudy shares these recipes, many of which are deeply rooted in the proud Black traditions that shaped her hometown. Driving the cookbook are her personal stories: from struggling in school to having a baby at sixteen, from her growing confidence in the kitchen to her appearances on Food Network. The cookbook opens with Sweet Cream Farina, prepared at the crack of dawn for girls in freshly ironed clothes--being neat and pressed was important. Boudy recounts making cookies from her commodity box peanut butter; explains the know-how behind Smothered Chicken, Jambalaya, and Red Gravy; and shares her original television competition recipes. The result is a deeply personal and unique cookbook.

Author: Toya Boudy
Publisher: Countryman Press
Published: 02/07/2023
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 10.63h x 7.84w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9781682687451

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2023 pg. 94