Cooking for the Culture
Recipes and Stories From the New Orleans Streets to the Table
WW Norton · Print & ebook · February 7, 2023
An intimate celebration of New Orleans food and its Black culture from a born-and-raised local chef.
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- Who it’s for
- Toya Boudy brings New Orleans recipes together with personal stories rooted in Black culinary traditions.
- Themes
- New Orleans food, Black culinary traditions, Family and personal stories
- Genres
- Cajun & Creole Cooking, Soul Food & Southern Cooking, Southern Cooking
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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.
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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.
New Orleans Table
Toya Boudy brings New Orleans recipes together with personal stories rooted in Black culinary traditions.
Come here for
- Recipes including Smothered Chicken, Jambalaya, and Red Gravy
- Stories of Boudy’s family, school years, and kitchen confidence
Expect
- Recipes tied to family meals and hometown traditions
- Original recipes from television competitions
Where it sits
| Cajun & Creole Cooking | 56% |
|---|---|
| Soul Food & Southern Cooking | 56% |
| Southern Cooking | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Black & African American Lives
- Southern Cooking
- Authors
- Toya Boudy
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Published
- February 7, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- New Orleans food · Black culinary traditions · Family and personal stories
- Reading lane
- Black & African American Lives