Speaks on the Importance of Culinary Justice
WHAT: Discusses his book, "The Cooking Gene," at the 2019 DC Authors Festival.
WHEN: Saturday, April 27; 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building | 101 Independene Ave. SE
Washington, D.C - Michael W. Twitty is an African-American and Jewish writer, culinary historian, and educator. He is the author of "The Cooking Gene," published by HarperCollins/Amistad, which won the 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Book of the Year. He is also the curator of Afroculinaria, a site that highlights and addresses food’s critical role in the development and definition of African American civilization, the politics of consumption, and cultural ownership that surrounds food.
Born in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area, Twitty is personally charged with preparing, preserving and promoting African American foodways and its parent traditions in Africa and her Diaspora and its legacy in the food culture of the American South.
Twitty will headline the The DC Author Festival, a gathering for local writers to participate in workshops, discussions, social activities and professional development that focus on creating, marketing and understanding the publishing business. While attending the Author Festival is not required to attend the Twitty lecture, seating is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
To learn more about the DC Author Festival please visit http://www.dclibrary.org/dcauthorfest
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