Picturing Black History uncovers untold stories and rarely seen images of the Black experience, providing new context around culturally significant moments. This beautiful collectible volume makes a thoughtful gift and is full of rousing, vibrant essays paired with rarely seen photographs that expand our understanding of Black history.The book is a collaborative effort between Getty Images, Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, and the History departments at The Ohio State and Miami Universities. It informs, educates, and inspires our current moment by exploring the past, blending the breadth and depth of Getty Images’s archives with the renowned expertise of Origins contributors and The Ohio State’s and Miami’s History departments, including Daniela Edmeier, Damarius Johnson, Nicholas Breyfogle, and Steve Conn. Created by a growing collective of professional historians, art historians, Black Studies scholars, and photographers and showcasing Getty Images’s unmatched collection of photographs, Picturing Black History embraces the power of visual storytelling to relay little-known stories of oppression and resistance, perseverance and resilience, freedom, dreams, imagination, and joy within the United States and around the world.In collecting these new photographic essays, this book furthers an ongoing dialogue on the significance of Black history and Black life, sharing new perspectives on the current status of prejudice and discrimination bias with a wider audience. Picturing Black History uses the latest academic learning and scholarship to recontextualize and dispel prejudices, while uncovering, digitizing, and preserving new archival materials to amplify a more inclusive visual landscape. REVIEWS "Picturing Black History offers a trove of both famous and unseen photos with brief, poignant accompanying essays to show not only the centrality of Black people to American history but also how African Americans used the photographer’s lens to tell their own stories. The editors, authors, and Getty images have created a beautiful book that stands on its own as a work of art, a veritable museum in print.” -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University [H] Abrams Books / November 12, 2024 1.0" H x 10.1" L x 8.1" W (3.1 lbs) 320 pages

Picturing Black History uncovers untold stories and rarely seen images of the Black experience, providing new context around culturally significant moments. This beautiful collectible volume makes a thoughtful gift and is full of rousing, vibrant essays paired with rarely seen photographs that expand our understanding of Black history. The book is a collaborative effort between Getty Images, Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, and the History departments at The Ohio State and Miami Universities. It informs, educates, and inspires our current moment by exploring the past, blending the breadth and depth of Getty Images’s archives with the renowned expertise of Origins contributors and The Ohio State’s and Miami’s History departments, including Daniela Edmeier, Damarius Johnson, Nicholas Breyfogle, and Steve Conn.
Created by a growing collective of professional historians, art historians, Black Studies scholars, and photographers and showcasing Getty Images’s unmatched collection of photographs, Picturing Black History embraces the power of visual storytelling to relay little-known stories of oppression and resistance, perseverance and resilience, freedom, dreams, imagination, and joy within the United States and around the world. In collecting these new photographic essays, this book furthers an ongoing dialogue on the significance of Black history and Black life, sharing new perspectives on the current status of prejudice and discrimination bias with a wider audience. Picturing Black History uses the latest academic learning and scholarship to recontextualize and dispel prejudices, while uncovering, digitizing, and preserving new archival materials to amplify a more inclusive visual landscape.
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Explore the living history of soul food as the perfect craft beer companion in this cookbook by Harlem Brewing Company’s Celeste Beatty, the first black woman to own a brewery in the United States.Great beer has an uplifting effect on life and food. Interspersed with small-bite reflections from a twenty-year journey in the making of Harlem Brewing Company, Harlem. Brew. Soul. features: Recipes infused with beer (food and cocktails) Beer-pairing menus Favorite chef dishes Small-batch beer recipes Historical notes on African brewing history A collection of family stories about early African American homebrew culture And more Highlighting heritage from each of their original homebrews, Harlem. Brew. Soul.amplifies the work, flavor, and heritage behind every beer, including Sugar Hill Golden Ale, Renaissance Wit, and 125th Street IPA.Through her many years of brewing beer and building her business, Celeste has developed relationships with the best and brightest in the food and beverage industries and is ready to share her own homebrew and soul food recipes, along with recipes from some of Harlem’s and North Carolina’s favorite restaurants and chefs, all interspersed with gorgeous photos and fascinating history and stories. BIO Celeste Beatty (born 1964) is the first Black woman to own a brewery in the United States. She established her brewery, Harlem Brewing Company, in 2000. [H] Rock Point / October 01, 2024 0.7" H x 9.3" L x 7.5" W (1.7 lbs) 176 pages

Harlem. Brew. Soul.: A Beer Cookbook Experience /// Celeste Beatty /// new

A dive into the Roker family recipe box featuring 100 mouth-watering recipes from Today Show host Al Roker and his daughter Courtney Roker Laga, for every time of day, skill level, and member of the family– and the family dog too! Al Roker and his daughter, Courtney Roker Laga, welcome you into their home, where a good conversation or a needed dose of laughter always starts with something great to eat. 100 original and kitchen-tested dishes for every occasion, including Sunrise Burritos Shrimp and Grits with Bell Peppers and Bacon Smothered Chicken Coffee- and Spice-Rubbed Pork Chops Tuscan Polenta Silky Cauliflower Puree Christmas Morning Cinnamon Rolls Bourbon Apple Pie Milkshakes Lemon Meringue Crumb Crust Pie Stunning dishes in this book will inspire you to start cooking memory-making meals.Full of cheerful family photos and Al’s frank, witty opinions on food and cooking, Al Roker’s Recipes to Live By is sure to become the most well-thumbed cookbook on your shelf, whether you’re a beginner home cook or a seasoned chef. BIO Al Roker is a co-anchor of NBC's Today, an Emmy-award winning journalist, and a NewYork Times bestselling author. He lives in New York with his family.Courtney Roker Laga is a recipe developer and trained chef who has worked in two Michelin-starred restaurants. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and young daughter. [H] Legacy Lit / October 22, 2024 1.1" H x 9.3" L x 7.6" W (2.5 lbs) 256 pages

A dive into the Roker family recipe box featuring 100 mouth-watering recipes from Today Show host Al Roker and his daughter Courtney Roker Laga, for every time of day, skill level, and member of the family– and the family dog too! 
Al Roker and his daughter, Courtney Roker Laga, welcome you into their home, where a good conversation or a needed dose of laughter always starts with something great to eat. 
100 original and kitchen-tested dishes for every occasion, including 
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 Stunning dishes in this book will inspire you to start cooking memory-making meals.Full of cheerful family photos and Al’s frank, witty opinions on food and cooking, Al Roker’s Recipes to Live By is sure to become the most well-thumbed cookbook on your shelf, whether you’re a beginner home cook or a seasoned chef. 
BIO
Al Roker is a co-anchor of NBC's Today, an Emmy-award winning journalist, and a NewYork Times bestselling author. He lives in New York with his family. Courtney Roker Laga is a recipe developer and trained chef who has worked in two Michelin-starred restaurants. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and young daughter.
[H]  Legacy Lit  /  October 22, 2024 
<meta charset="utf-8">1.1" H x 9.3" L x 7.6" W (2.5 lbs) 256 pages

Al Roker’s Recipes to Live By: Easy, Memory-Making Family Dishes for Every Occasion /// Al Roker, with Courtney Roker Laga /// new

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-- SIGNED COPIES - From the award-winning author of High on the Hog—inspiration for the “energetic, emotional, and deeply nuanced” (The New York Times) Netflix series of the same name—comes a new and updated edition of A Kwanzaa Keepsake, another important exploration of African American culture, food, and family, featuring recipes and stories to help this generation create unique holiday traditions.Now with a new introduction by award-winning writer and iconic culinary historian Jessica B. Harris, a foreword by chef and television personality Carla Hall, revised recipes and stories, and a fresh new package, A Kwanzaa Keepsake offers proverbs, ceremonies, family projects, inspirational biographies, blessings, and of course, wonderful recipes. Structured around the seven days of Kwanzaa and the virtues each day represents, Harris shares a themed feast for each night, designed to reflect the principle of the day. Some of the menus include:- Umoja (Unity), featuring dishes of multinational origin such as Seasoned Olives, Mechoui-Style Leg of Lamb with cumin, mint, and chili, and a classic Caribbean rum punch, and reminds readers of the union of all peoples of African descent. - Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), composed of dishes from the African continent including Sweet Potato Fritters, Grilled Pepper Salad, and Piment Aimee, a hot sauce from one of the author’s friends. - Kuumba (Creativity) is a healing supper and communal meal that opens the gates of remembrance through food. The repast is centered around a heritage recipe and includes others for Pickled Black-Eyed Peas, a fish dish from the the Ivory Coast, Spicy Cranberry Chutney, and a killer pecan pie with molasses whipped cream.Interspersed throughout the book are spaces to record family memories, sayings, and recipes. Rich in culinary history, and a source of inspiration for treasuring and recording family traditions both old and new, A Kwanzaa Keepsake is a book to cherish, and one that families will turn to again and again. BIO Dr. Jessica B. Harris holds a PhD from NYU and taught English at Queens College for more than thirty years. She lectures internationally. She is the author of High on the Hog, which inspired the hit 2021 Netflix show of the same name. She is also the author of a memoir, My Soul Looks Back, as well as twelve cookbooks. Her articles have appeared in Vogue, Food & Wine, Essence, and The New Yorker, among other publications. She has made numerous television and radio appearances and has been profiled in The New York Times. Considered one of the preeminent scholars of the food of the African Diaspora, Harris has been inducted into the James Beard Who’s Who in Food and Beverage in America, she received the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020, and an Augie Award from the Culinary Institute of America in 2022. She also received an honorary doctorate from Johnson & Wales University and recently helped the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture to conceptualize its cafeteria. [H] Scribner Book Company / November 05, 2024 0.64" H x 9.13" L x 7.38" W (0.53 lbs) 256 pages

A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook: Celebrating the Holiday with Family, Community, and Tradition /// Dr. Jessica B. Harris /// new

-- SIGNED COPIES-- Through essays with stunning photography, the beloved multimedia storyteller and author of Woman of Color shares the powerful lessons she’s learned about creating a home that honors the past and celebrates the future.“A generous, three-dimensional portrait that inspires the reader to reflect on their own sense of home and belonging.”—Rio Cortez, New York Times bestselling author of The ABCs of Black History“Home is a reflection of what we inherit.”Grappling with the state of the world over the last few years—the global pandemic, climate change, threats to women’s rights, constant racial violence—LaTonya Yvette began to contemplate the concept of home. What does it mean to cultivate safety when it is constantly under threat? How can we nurture joy and peace within the spaces where we spend most of our precious time? Who can we turn to for guidance along the way?In Stand in My Window: Meditations on Home and How We Make It, Yvette explores these kinds of questions as she takes readers through the journey of her own rediscovery of home. In eleven meditative essays, accompanied by 25 beautiful photographs taken over the course of writing the book, Yvette illustrates how the act of homemaking can be revolutionary, liberating—and one of the most powerful expressions we have of self- and community care.Woven throughout the book is the story of the nearly 200-year-old house in upstate New York that Yvette bought and painstakingly renovated, with the aim of creating a safe space for BIPOC communities. The house—Yvette’s ultimate expression of home—provides her greatest lessons. Both visual feast and emotional salve, Stand in My Window demonstrates that home truly is what you make of it—in mind, body, soul, and in the thoughtfully curated spaces we can build for ourselves anywhere. BIO LaTonya Yvette is a multimedia storyteller who writes the newsletter “With Love, L.” Yvette’s first book, Woman of Color, was included in an installation of Jay-Z’s personal bookshelf for Brooklyn Public Library’s Book of HOV exhibit. She also co-authored the illustrated children’s book The Hair Book with Amanda Jane Jones. Yvette is the owner and steward of The Mae House, an upstate New York rental property and the home of Rest as Residency, which offers BIPOC families a no-cost place for rest and focus. REVIEWS “LaTonya Yvette weaves together reflections and photography from some of the sweetest of life’s offerings: the intimacy of home, parenting, art, memory, and a glimpse at an interiority that comes across as both sacred and true. It feels like a window, indeed, a generous, three-dimensional portrait—that inspires the reader to reflect on their own sense of home and belonging.” -- Rio Cortez, New York Times bestselling author of Golden Ax“Stand in My Window is thoughtful and liberating—full of heart and careful observations that encourage readers to pay attention to both the rhythms of their inner lives and the mundane realities of everyday life. I found myself pausing to take deeper breaths, to meditate on my surroundings and ask myself what is giving me a sense of belonging, where and when do I feel safest and what is bringing me the most joy? This beautiful book is one I will be gifting and returning to.” -- Aminatou Sow, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Big Friendship“Stand in My Window is not merely a collection of essays; it is a meditation on the essence of home—a sanctuary shaped by memory, aspiration, and the echoes of generations past. With each page, readers are invited to contemplate the intersections of identity, justice, and the eternal quest for hope. In a world marked by upheaval and uncertainty, LaTonya’s book offers solace and inspiration, reminding us that amidst the chaos, there exists a refuge within ourselves—a place to stand in our truth, to reclaim our narratives, and to welcome the journey toward home.” --Hawa Hassan, James Beard award-winning author of In Bibi’s Kitchen“LaTonya Yvette’s new book, Stand in My Window, is a living and breathing meditation where the author, with great love and care, guides us to think deeply and historically about notions of home, motherhood, the earth, legacy, and experiences of Black womanhood. A bricolage of literary, historical, and personal narratives, this multilayered book is one I will return to again and again as I contemplate my own home and garden, the objects in it and my life and history as a woman who seeks to live and work within an ethic of care.” -- Lyn Slater, author of How to Be Old [H] Dial Press / November 12, 2024 0.9" H x 9.1" L x 7.1" W (1.65 lbs) 224 pages

-- SIGNED COPIES--
<meta charset="utf-8">Through essays with stunning photography, the beloved multimedia storyteller and author of Woman of Color shares the powerful lessons she’s learned about creating a home that honors the past and celebrates the future. “A generous, three-dimensional portrait that inspires the reader to reflect on their own sense of home and belonging.”—Rio Cortez, New York Times bestselling author of The ABCs of Black History “Home is a reflection of what we inherit.” Grappling with the state of the world over the last few years—the global pandemic, climate change, threats to women’s rights, constant racial violence—LaTonya Yvette began to contemplate the concept of home. What does it mean to cultivate safety when it is constantly under threat? How can we nurture joy and peace within the spaces where we spend most of our precious time? Who can we turn to for guidance along the way? In Stand in My Window: Meditations on Home and How We Make It, Yvette explores these kinds of questions as she takes readers through the journey of her own rediscovery of home. In eleven meditative essays, accompanied by 25 beautiful photographs taken over the course of writing the book, Yvette illustrates how the act of homemaking can be revolutionary, liberating—and one of the most powerful expressions we have of self- and community care. Woven throughout the book is the story of the nearly 200-year-old house in upstate New York that Yvette bought and painstakingly renovated, with the aim of creating a safe space for BIPOC communities. The house—Yvette’s ultimate expression of home—provides her greatest lessons. Both visual feast and emotional salve, Stand in My Window demonstrates that home truly is what you make of it—in mind, body, soul, and in the thoughtfully curated spaces we can build for ourselves anywhere.
BIO
<meta charset="utf-8">LaTonya Yvette is a multimedia storyteller who writes the newsletter “With Love, L.” Yvette’s first book, Woman of Color, was included in an installation of Jay-Z’s personal bookshelf for Brooklyn Public Library’s Book of HOV exhibit. She also co-authored the illustrated children’s book The Hair Book with Amanda Jane Jones. Yvette is the owner and steward of The Mae House, an upstate New York rental property and the home of Rest as Residency, which offers BIPOC families a no-cost place for rest and focus.
REVIEWS
<meta charset="utf-8">“LaTonya Yvette weaves together reflections and photography from some of the sweetest of life’s offerings: the intimacy of home, parenting, art, memory, and a glimpse at an interiority that comes across as both sacred and true. It feels like a window, indeed, a generous, three-dimensional portrait—that inspires the reader to reflect on their own sense of home and belonging.” -- Rio Cortez, New York Times bestselling author of Golden Ax “Stand in My Window is thoughtful and liberating—full of heart and careful observations that encourage readers to pay attention to both the rhythms of their inner lives and the mundane realities of everyday life. I found myself pausing to take deeper breaths, to meditate on my surroundings and ask myself what is giving me a sense of belonging, where and when do I feel safest and what is bringing me the most joy? This beautiful book is one I will be gifting and returning to.” -- Aminatou Sow, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Big Friendship “Stand in My Window is not merely a collection of essays; it is a meditation on the essence of home—a sanctuary shaped by memory, aspiration, and the echoes of generations past. With each page, readers are invited to contemplate the intersections of identity, justice, and the eternal quest for hope. In a world marked by upheaval and uncertainty, LaTonya’s book offers solace and inspiration, reminding us that amidst the chaos, there exists a refuge within ourselves—a place to stand in our truth, to reclaim our narratives, and to welcome the journey toward home.” --Hawa Hassan, James Beard award-winning author of In Bibi’s Kitchen “LaTonya Yvette’s new book, Stand in My Window, is a living and breathing meditation where the author, with great love and care, guides us to think deeply and historically about notions of home, motherhood, the earth, legacy, and experiences of Black womanhood. A bricolage of literary, historical, and personal narratives, this multilayered book is one I will return to again and again as I contemplate my own home and garden, the objects in it and my life and history as a woman who seeks to live and work within an ethic of care.” -- Lyn Slater, author of How to Be Old
[H]  Dial Press  /  November 12, 2024
<meta charset="utf-8"><meta charset="utf-8">0.9" H x 9.1" L x 7.1" W (1.65 lbs) 224 pages

Stand in My Window: Meditations on Home and How We Make It /// LaTonya Yvette /// new

-- SIGNED COPIES -- Star baker Bryan Ford highlights the baking traditions of Latin America, infusing classic breads, pastries, cakes, and cookies with new energy and sharing the cultures and stories behind each recipe.Bryan Ford has changed the way the world sees baking. Breaking free from a Euro-centric approach to the craft, he celebrate the baking traditions of Latin America, starting with a simple approach to recipes and technique, and sharing the depth and nuance of the stories behind each loaf and pastry. Taking a completely unique, yet long overdue approach, there is no book like Pan y Dulce on the market. From Pan de Mole to Medialunas, Palmeritas to Pan Frances, and Flan to Arepa Dulce de Maiz, these recipes highlight the beauty and breadth of Latin American baking—from simple cookies and cakes to artisan breads.This is an essential baking book for every home baker looking to expand their understanding of the history of the craft and explore the sweets and treats, breads and bakes of this region, from Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. BIO Bryan Ford is a baker and food writer of Honduran descent who runs the blog Artisan Bryan, named the Saveur Best Baking & Sweets Blog in 2019. He is a dough aficionado who has run a pop-up sourdough pizza business, a wholesale bakery in Miami, a seasonal King Cake business out of his New Orleans home, and most recently completed a take-over of Bon Appetit’s Basically. Upcoming projects include a podcast alongside David Chang called Recipe Club and a monthly savory cooking column for Saveur. Star of the Magnolia Network shows "The Artisan's Kitchen" and "Baked In Tradition," and with an appearance on the Netflix series "Waffles and Mochi," he is the bestselling author of New World Sourdough. [H] Voracious / November 12, 2024 1.3" H x 10.1" L x 8.2" W (3.25 lbs) 400 pages

-- SIGNED COPIES --
Star baker Bryan Ford highlights the baking traditions of Latin America, infusing classic breads, pastries, cakes, and cookies with new energy and sharing the cultures and stories behind each recipe. Bryan Ford has changed the way the world sees baking. Breaking free from a Euro-centric approach to the craft, he celebrate the baking traditions of Latin America, starting with a simple approach to recipes and technique, and sharing the depth and nuance of the stories behind each loaf and pastry.  Taking a completely unique, yet long overdue approach, there is no book like Pan y Dulce on the market. From Pan de Mole to Medialunas, Palmeritas to Pan Frances, and Flan to Arepa Dulce de Maiz, these recipes highlight the beauty and breadth of Latin American baking—from simple cookies and cakes to artisan breads. This is an essential baking book for every home baker looking to expand their understanding of the history of the craft and explore the sweets and treats, breads and bakes of this region, from Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. 
BIO
Bryan Ford is a baker and food writer of Honduran descent who runs the blog Artisan Bryan, named the Saveur Best Baking &amp; Sweets Blog in 2019. He is a dough aficionado who has run a pop-up sourdough pizza business, a wholesale bakery in Miami, a seasonal King Cake business out of his New Orleans home, and most recently completed a take-over of Bon Appetit’s Basically. Upcoming projects include a podcast alongside David Chang called Recipe Club and a monthly savory cooking column for Saveur. Star of the Magnolia Network shows "The Artisan's Kitchen" and "Baked In Tradition," and with an appearance on the Netflix series "Waffles and Mochi," he is the bestselling author of New World Sourdough.
[H]  Voracious  /  November 12, 2024
<meta charset="utf-8">1.3" H x 10.1" L x 8.2" W (3.25 lbs) 400 pages

Pan y Dulce: The Latin American Baking Book (Pastries, Desserts, Rustic Breads, Savory Baking, and More) /// Bryan Ford /// new

Raised in Appalachia, native daughter Ashleigh Shanti, a queer Black woman and acclaimed chef, knows Southern Black cooking means more than we’ve come to believe. While hot buttered cast-iron-pan cornbread and crunchy, juicy, lard-fried chicken have their roles to play, they are far from the entire story. The key to understanding how Black influence has defined foodways and cultures in the South is to explore its microregions, each with its own distinct flora and fauna, dialects, traditions, and dishes. In Our South, Ashleigh takes you through the five regions closest to her heart, beginning with a glimpse of mountain life in the Backcountry through recipes like Fish Camp Hush Puppies and quail spiked with black pepper. A swing over to the coastal Lowcountry fills your plate with smoky grilled oysters and benne seed–topped crab toasts. Seasonal produce shines in the Midlands, where bountiful stone fruits enrich dishes from shortcakes to salads. Lowlands nods to the diversity of food cultures that meet in the region, where Ashleigh grew up eating noodle dishes like Virginia yock alongside Southern classics like Brunswick stew. The book culminates in Homeland, with foods that share what it’s like to cook—and live—as a Black Southern chef now. Long before competing on Top Chef and earning a coveted James Beard Award Rising Star Chef nomination for her cooking at Asheville, North Carolina’s Benne on Eagle, Ashleigh shelled boiled peanuts and coveted the jars of pickles in her great-aunt Hattie Mae’s larder. In high school, she pored over food and travel magazines and marveled at how her mother never failed to put a hot meal on the table, whether instant grits or slowly cooked celebration dishes. After spending a gap year in Nairobi and graduating from culinary school, Ashleigh entered the restaurant world, bartending, catering, teaching, and staging. She rekindled her connection to the cuisine of her roots before opening her own restaurant, Good Hot Fish, named for a phrase her ancestors would shout to draw in customers. Ashleigh’s culinary journey culminates in Our South, where each dish speaks deeply to its origins, revealing the true story of Black food in the region and the many pleasures of the South you can savor at home, wherever that may be. BIO Ashleigh Shanti has been working in restaurants since she was a teenager. She graduated from culinary school at Baltimore International College in 2013 and went on to stage at Minibar in Washington, D.C., and act as culinary assistant for Vivian Howard before becoming chef de cuisine at John Fleer’s Benne on Eagle in Asheville, North Carolina. Today, she is the chef-owner of Good Hot Fish in the same city. She was named an Eater Young Gun in 2019 and was a finalist for the James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year award in 2020. She also competed in season 19 of Bravo’s Top Chef. Raised from Virginia Beach, Virginia, she now lives in Asheville with her wife, Meaghan, and their dog, Roux. REVIEWS “A treasure… lovingly written, beautifully photographed… The hard work that went into this volume is evident, making it a soon-to-be-classic addition to collections that explore American cuisine from a Black viewpoint.” -- Library Journal, STARRED Review“A powerhouse debut [that] amplifies the complexities of Black food with head-turning dishes.” -- Garden and Gun "What a beautiful Black story told through food. What I love most about Our South is that I see and hear parts of my story in Ashleigh’s. As we continue to remember, explore, discuss, and celebrate Black food, many of the recipes from this book will be at the table." -- Mashama Bailey, James Beard Award-winning chef and author of Black, White, and The Grey "Ashleigh Shanti stakes a bold claim in the title and follows through deliciously. Our South is an opinionated look at Southern food through lens of the Black experience. Shanti is a chef on a mission, and I have no doubt that by the time you have perused the pages, delighted in the tales told, cooked the recipes, and enjoyed the tasty dishes, she will have convinced you that her South—our South—is a place to be acknowledged and savored." -- Dr. Jessica B. Harris, culinary historian, professor, lecturer, and author of High on the Hog [H] Union Square & Co. / October 15, 2024 1.36" H x 10.16" L x 8.27" W (3.21 lbs) 320 pages

Raised in Appalachia, native daughter Ashleigh Shanti, a queer Black woman and acclaimed chef, knows Southern Black cooking means more than we’ve come to believe. While hot buttered cast-iron-pan cornbread and crunchy, juicy, lard-fried chicken have their roles to play, they are far from the entire story.
The key to understanding how Black influence has defined foodways and cultures in the South is to explore its microregions, each with its own distinct flora and fauna, dialects, traditions, and dishes. In Our South, Ashleigh takes you through the five regions closest to her heart, beginning with a glimpse of mountain life in the Backcountry through recipes like Fish Camp Hush Puppies and quail spiked with black pepper. A swing over to the coastal Lowcountry fills your plate with smoky grilled oysters and benne seed–topped crab toasts. Seasonal produce shines in the Midlands, where bountiful stone fruits enrich dishes from shortcakes to salads. Lowlands nods to the diversity of food cultures that meet in the region, where Ashleigh grew up eating noodle dishes like Virginia yock alongside Southern classics like Brunswick stew. The book culminates in Homeland, with foods that share what it’s like to cook—and live—as a Black Southern chef now.
Long before competing on Top Chef and earning a coveted James Beard Award Rising Star Chef nomination for her cooking at Asheville, North Carolina’s Benne on Eagle, Ashleigh shelled boiled peanuts and coveted the jars of pickles in her great-aunt Hattie Mae’s larder. In high school, she pored over food and travel magazines and marveled at how her mother never failed to put a hot meal on the table, whether instant grits or slowly cooked celebration dishes. After spending a gap year in Nairobi and graduating from culinary school, Ashleigh entered the restaurant world, bartending, catering, teaching, and staging. She rekindled her connection to the cuisine of her roots before opening her own restaurant, Good Hot Fish, named for a phrase her ancestors would shout to draw in customers.
Ashleigh’s culinary journey culminates in Our South, where each dish speaks deeply to its origins, revealing the true story of Black food in the region and the many pleasures of the South you can savor at home, wherever that may be.
BIO
<meta charset="utf-8">Ashleigh Shanti has been working in restaurants since she was a teenager. She graduated from culinary school at Baltimore International College in 2013 and went on to stage at Minibar in Washington, D.C., and act as culinary assistant for Vivian Howard before becoming chef de cuisine at John Fleer’s Benne on Eagle in Asheville, North Carolina. Today, she is the chef-owner of Good Hot Fish in the same city. She was named an Eater Young Gun in 2019 and was a finalist for the James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year award in 2020. She also competed in season 19 of Bravo’s Top Chef. Raised from Virginia Beach, Virginia, she now lives in Asheville with her wife, Meaghan, and their dog, Roux.
REVIEWS
“A treasure… lovingly written, beautifully photographed… The hard work that went into this volume is evident, making it a soon-to-be-classic addition to collections that explore American cuisine from a Black viewpoint.” -- Library Journal, STARRED Review “A powerhouse debut [that] amplifies the complexities of Black food with head-turning dishes.” -- Garden and Gun
"What a beautiful Black story told through food. What I love most about Our South is that I see and hear parts of my story in Ashleigh’s. As we continue to remember, explore, discuss, and celebrate Black food, many of the recipes from this book will be at the table." -- Mashama Bailey, James Beard Award-winning chef and author of Black, White, and The Grey
"Ashleigh Shanti stakes a bold claim in the title and follows through deliciously. Our South is an opinionated look at Southern food through lens of the Black experience. Shanti is a chef on a mission, and I have no doubt that by the time you have perused the pages, delighted in the tales told, cooked the recipes, and enjoyed the tasty dishes, she will have convinced you that her South—our South—is a place to be acknowledged and savored." -- Dr. Jessica B. Harris, culinary historian, professor, lecturer, and author of High on the Hog
[H]  Union Square &amp; Co.  /  October 15, 2024<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta charset="utf-8"><meta charset="utf-8">1.36" H x 10.16" L x 8.27" W (3.21 lbs) 320 pages

Our South: Black Food Through My Lens /// Ashleigh Shanti /// new

-- SIGNED COPIES -- An inspiring memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us understand ourselves, from the renowned founder of Well-Read Black Girl.“She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.”—Toni Morrison, Beloved For Glory Edim, that “friend of my mind” is books. Edim, who grew up in Virginia to Nigerian immigrant parents, started the popular Well-Read Black Girl book club at age thirty, eventually reaching a community of half a million readers. But her own love of books stretches far back. Edim’s father moved back to Nigeria while she was still a child, marking the beginning of a series of traumatic changes and losses for her family. What became an escape, a safe space, and a second home for her and her brother was their local library. Books were where Edim found community, and as she grew older she discovered authors and ideas that she wasn’t being taught about in class. Reading wherever and whenever she could, be it in her dorm room or when traveling by subway or plane, she found the Black writers whose words would forever change her life: Nikki Giovanni, through children’s poetry cassettes; Maya Angelou, through a critical high school English teacher; Toni Morrison, while attending Morrison’s alma mater, Howard University; Audre Lorde, on a flight to Nigeria. In prose full of both joy and heartbreak, Edim recounts how these writers and so many others taught her how to value herself by helping her to find her own voice when her mother lost hers, to trust her feelings when her father remarried, and to create bonds with other Black women and uplift their stories. Gather Me is a glowing testament to how the power of representation in literature can gather the disparate parts that make us who we are and assemble them into a portrait of discovery. BIO Glory Edim is a literary tastemaker, entrepreneur, and advocate for diverse voices in literature. In 2015, she founded Well-Read Black Girl (WRBG), an online platform and book club dedicated to celebrating the works of Black women authors and creating a supportive online community for readers. Under Edim’s leadership, WRBG has grown into a nonprofit organization, hosting events, book festivals, and author conversations that highlight the richness and diversity of Black literature. Her efforts have earned her accolades such as the 2017 Innovator’s Award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes and the Madam C.J. Walker Award from the Hurston/Wright Foundation. As an author herself, Edim has contributed to the literary landscape with her bestselling anthologies Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, and On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library. REVIEWS “Gather Me is a beautiful, deeply introspective, and tender journey. Edim is one of the most important nurturers of the Black literary tradition, and now she stands elegantly within it as a writer.” -- Imani Perry, National Book Award winning author of South to America“Gather Me is a beautiful portrait of a full life that has been buoyed by an expansive and ever-growing love for words and for language. What a gift, to have that love reflected outward.” -- Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There’s Always This Year“With candor and tenderness, Glory Edim gathers us as if welcoming us to her porch or stoop or kitchen table, a sacred space where she whispers her poignant testimony and reveals her scars. It’s proof that words—written and spoken—enlighten, restore, heal. This ode to Black scribes is a resting place and a balm.” -- #1 New York Times bestselling author Renée Watson“Glory Edim’s Gather Me is a moving memoir and a powerful testament to Black literature’s capacity to heal, guide, and help us become the best women, mothers, lovers, and daughters we can be—and a reminder to offer ourselves grace in the journey.” -- Naomi Jackson, author of The Star Side of Bird Hill“Glory Edim’s memoir in praise is more than just a legend of storytellers to study, it’s a gorgeous guide to a life full of empathy and healing. In Gather Me, Edim has written a profound testimony of how to re-emerge and soar in the wake of life’s storms.” -- Mahogany L. Browne, author of Chrome Valley“In this endearing debut ode to literary figures ranging from bell hooks to the Berenstain Bears, Edim, founder of the Well Read Black Girl network, eloquently explores the transformative power of literature in her life . . . Edim beautifully illuminates how discovering or revisiting formative texts can confer all the warmth and wisdom of chatting with a clutch of aunties. This moving autobiography—complete with a reading list—will make a deep impression on book lovers.” --Publishers Weekly [H] Ballantine Books / October 29, 2024 1.08" H x 8.53" L x 5.77" W (0.89 lbs) 288 pages

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<meta charset="utf-8">An inspiring memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us understand ourselves, from the renowned founder of Well-Read Black Girl. “She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.”—Toni Morrison, Beloved   For Glory Edim, that “friend of my mind” is books. Edim, who grew up in Virginia to Nigerian immigrant parents, started the popular Well-Read Black Girl book club at age thirty, eventually reaching a community of half a million readers. But her own love of books stretches far back.   Edim’s father moved back to Nigeria while she was still a child, marking the beginning of a series of traumatic changes and losses for her family. What became an escape, a safe space, and a second home for her and her brother was their local library. Books were where Edim found community, and as she grew older she discovered authors and ideas that she wasn’t being taught about in class. Reading wherever and whenever she could, be it in her dorm room or when traveling by subway or plane, she found the Black writers whose words would forever change her life: Nikki Giovanni, through children’s poetry cassettes; Maya Angelou, through a critical high school English teacher; Toni Morrison, while attending Morrison’s alma mater, Howard University; Audre Lorde, on a flight to Nigeria. In prose full of both joy and heartbreak, Edim recounts how these writers and so many others taught her how to value herself by helping her to find her own voice when her mother lost hers, to trust her feelings when her father remarried, and to create bonds with other Black women and uplift their stories.   Gather Me is a glowing testament to how the power of representation in literature can gather the disparate parts that make us who we are and assemble them into a portrait of discovery.
BIO
<meta charset="utf-8">Glory Edim is a literary tastemaker, entrepreneur, and advocate for diverse voices in literature. In 2015, she founded Well-Read Black Girl (WRBG), an online platform and book club dedicated to celebrating the works of Black women authors and creating a supportive online community for readers. Under Edim’s leadership, WRBG has grown into a nonprofit organization, hosting events, book festivals, and author conversations that highlight the richness and diversity of Black literature. Her efforts have earned her accolades such as the 2017 Innovator’s Award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes and the Madam C.J. Walker Award from the Hurston/Wright Foundation. As an author herself, Edim has contributed to the literary landscape with her bestselling anthologies Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, and On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library.
REVIEWS
“Gather Me is a beautiful, deeply introspective, and tender journey. Edim is one of the most important nurturers of the Black literary tradition, and now she stands elegantly within it as a writer.” -- Imani Perry, National Book Award winning author of South to America “Gather Me is a beautiful portrait of a full life that has been buoyed by an expansive and ever-growing love for words and for language. What a gift, to have that love reflected outward.” -- Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There’s Always This Year “With candor and tenderness, Glory Edim gathers us as if welcoming us to her porch or stoop or kitchen table, a sacred space where she whispers her poignant testimony and reveals her scars. It’s proof that words—written and spoken—enlighten, restore, heal. This ode to Black scribes is a resting place and a balm.” -- #1 New York Times bestselling author Renée Watson “Glory Edim’s Gather Me is a moving memoir and a powerful testament to Black literature’s capacity to heal, guide, and help us become the best women, mothers, lovers, and daughters we can be—and a reminder to offer ourselves grace in the journey.” -- Naomi Jackson, author of The Star Side of Bird Hill “Glory Edim’s memoir in praise is more than just a legend of storytellers to study, it’s a gorgeous guide to a life full of empathy and healing. In Gather Me, Edim has written a profound testimony of how to re-emerge and soar in the wake of life’s storms.” -- Mahogany L. Browne, author of Chrome Valley “In this endearing debut ode to literary figures ranging from bell hooks to the Berenstain Bears, Edim, founder of the Well Read Black Girl network, eloquently explores the transformative power of literature in her life . . . Edim beautifully illuminates how discovering or revisiting formative texts can confer all the warmth and wisdom of chatting with a clutch of aunties. This moving autobiography—complete with a reading list—will make a deep impression on book lovers.” --Publishers Weekly
[H]  Ballantine Books  /  October 29, 2024
<meta charset="utf-8"><meta charset="utf-8">1.08" H x 8.53" L x 5.77" W (0.89 lbs) 288 pages

Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me /// Glory Edim /// new

-- SIGNED COPIES -- Experience Africa's vibrant food culture with 120 recipes from the continent's most exciting culinary voices Meet the culinarians who are setting the new African table. James Beard Award-winning author Alexander Smalls presents a vibrant library of home cooking recipes and texts contributed by 33 chefs, restaurateurs, caterers, cooks, and writers at the heart of Africa's food movement. Organized geographically into five regions, The Contemporary African Kitchen presents 120 warm and delicious dishes, each beautifully photographed and brought to life through historical notes, personal anecdotes, and serving suggestions. Home cooks will discover a bounty of diverse, delicious dishes ranging from beloved classics to newer creations, all rooted in a shared language of ingredients, spices, and cooking traditions. Learn to make Northern Africa's famed couscous and grilled meats; Eastern Africa's aromatic curries; Central Africa's Peanut Sauce Stew and Cocoyam Dumplings; Southern Africa's fresh seafood and street food; and Western Africa's renowned Chicken Yassa. With text contributions from experts including Pierre Thiam, Selassie Atadika, Anto Cocagne, Coco Reinarhz, and Michael Ad El gb d , the essay and recipe contributors to this ground-breaking survey are at the heart of the food movement of Africa, making it an essential addition to every cook and food lover's library. Inviting, instructive, accessible, and exciting, The Contemporary African Kitchen brings the conversation about Africa's cuisine into homes around the world. Chefs and countries featured: Zein Abdallah (Uganda); Agatha Achindu (Cameroon); Eric Adjepong (Ghana); Ikenna Akwuebue Bobmanuel (Nigeria); Clara Kapelembe Bwali (Zambia); Akram Cherif (Tunisia); Agness Colley (Togo); Moustafa Elrefaey (Egypt); Arnaud Gwaga (Burundi); Mohamed Kamal (Egypt); Kudakwashe Makoni (Zimbabwe); Dieuveil Malonga (Republic of Congo); O'miel Moundounga (Gabon); Mwaka Mwiimbu (Zambia); Joseph Odoom (Ghana); Forster Oben Oru (Cameroon); Thabo Phake (South Africa); Mostafa Seif (Egypt); Mogau Seshoene (South Africa); Sifo Sinoyolo (South Africa); Mame Sow (Senegal); Sophia Teshome (Ethiopia); Pierre Thiam (Senegal); Roze Traore (C te d'Ivoire); Matse Uwatse (Nigeria); Alfonso Videira (Angola); Nana Araba Wilmot (Ghana); Rubia Zablon (Kenya); Farida Zamradje (Morocco). BIO Alexander Smalls is an iconic figure in American cooking. He is the former chef-owner of Café Beulah, the Cecil (named the best new restaurant in America by Esquire magazine in 2014), and three other NYC restaurants. He co-authored with JJ Johnson and Veronica Chambers Between Harlem and Heaven, the 2019 James Beard award winner for Best American Cookbook. Smalls is a world-renowned opera singer and the winner of a Grammy and a Tony Award. [H] Phaidon Press / October 15, 2024 1.4" H x 10.9" L x 8.4" W (3.2 lbs) 288 pages

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Experience Africa's vibrant food culture with 120 recipes from the continent's most exciting culinary voices
Meet the culinarians who are setting the new African table. James Beard Award-winning author Alexander Smalls presents a vibrant library of home cooking recipes and texts contributed by 33 chefs, restaurateurs, caterers, cooks, and writers at the heart of Africa's food movement.
Organized geographically into five regions, The Contemporary African Kitchen presents 120 warm and delicious dishes, each beautifully photographed and brought to life through historical notes, personal anecdotes, and serving suggestions.
Home cooks will discover a bounty of diverse, delicious dishes ranging from beloved classics to newer creations, all rooted in a shared language of ingredients, spices, and cooking traditions. Learn to make Northern Africa's famed couscous and grilled meats; Eastern Africa's aromatic curries; Central Africa's Peanut Sauce Stew and Cocoyam Dumplings; Southern Africa's fresh seafood and street food; and Western Africa's renowned Chicken Yassa.
With text contributions from experts including Pierre Thiam, Selassie Atadika, Anto Cocagne, Coco Reinarhz, and Michael Ad El gb d , the essay and recipe contributors to this ground-breaking survey are at the heart of the food movement of Africa, making it an essential addition to every cook and food lover's library.
Inviting, instructive, accessible, and exciting, The Contemporary African Kitchen brings the conversation about Africa's cuisine into homes around the world.
Chefs and countries featured: Zein Abdallah (Uganda); Agatha Achindu (Cameroon); Eric Adjepong (Ghana); Ikenna Akwuebue Bobmanuel (Nigeria); Clara Kapelembe Bwali (Zambia); Akram Cherif (Tunisia); Agness Colley (Togo); Moustafa Elrefaey (Egypt); Arnaud Gwaga (Burundi); Mohamed Kamal (Egypt); Kudakwashe Makoni (Zimbabwe); Dieuveil Malonga (Republic of Congo); O'miel Moundounga (Gabon); Mwaka Mwiimbu (Zambia); Joseph Odoom (Ghana); Forster Oben Oru (Cameroon); Thabo Phake (South Africa); Mostafa Seif (Egypt); Mogau Seshoene (South Africa); Sifo Sinoyolo (South Africa); Mame Sow (Senegal); Sophia Teshome (Ethiopia); Pierre Thiam (Senegal); Roze Traore (C te d'Ivoire); Matse Uwatse (Nigeria); Alfonso Videira (Angola); Nana Araba Wilmot (Ghana); Rubia Zablon (Kenya); Farida Zamradje (Morocco).
BIO
<meta charset="utf-8">Alexander Smalls is an iconic figure in American cooking. He is the former chef-owner of Café Beulah, the Cecil (named the best new restaurant in America by Esquire magazine in 2014), and three other NYC restaurants. He co-authored with JJ Johnson and Veronica Chambers Between Harlem and Heaven, the 2019 James Beard award winner for Best American Cookbook. Smalls is a world-renowned opera singer and the winner of a Grammy and a Tony Award.
[H]  Phaidon Press  /  October 15, 2024
1.4" H x 10.9" L x 8.4" W (3.2 lbs) 288 pages

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