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  • Kintsugi
  • January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

20 Cookbooks for 2020

At the end of the year, people spend a lot of time writing lists of “the best of” so I am thinking about my “best of” list. Cooking has kept me sane when I wanted to be crazy, well, not wan

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  • Kintsugi
  • December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

Chicken – The Gospel Bird

Did you know that Americans eat more chicken than any other kind of meat?I bought a small chicken the other day, stuffed it with onion and apple, and baked it. When I took it out of the oven, the b

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 11, 2020November 5, 2025

28 Soul Food Recipes That Southerners Swear By (and Northerners Need to Try)

By: Taryn Pire| Dec. 1, 2020 [I can personally vouch for most of these. If you want yummy eating, and not too complicated, these recipes are the way to go.] You may know Jocelyn Delk

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 11, 2020October 11, 2020

My Best Cookbooks of 2020 (so far)

Omari McQueen’s Best Bites Cook Book (due Jan 2021) Living Lively: 80 Plant-Based Recipes to Activate Your Power and Feed Your Potential, Haile Thomas In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes a

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  • Prof Patty
  • July 27, 2020November 5, 2025

Who is Princess Pamela?

Who Is Princess Pamela? A Southern Cooking Legend Returns Who is Princess Pamela? The author of my favorite cookbook. The original one, not this new, white folks version. The book, written in 1969,

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