Book: Cooking for the Culture by: Toya Boudy

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Available from Yubəč when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

An intimate celebration of New Orleans food and its Black culture from a born-and-raised local chef. 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.