Cooking for the Culture: Recipes and Stories from the New Orleans Streets to the Table Cans chicken pot pie served in

chicken pot pie served in a "bowl" of a puffed tortilla

there are plenty of plant-based options

Joy the Baker

" With more than 130 Arkansas recipes

Smith teaches culinary history at the New School University in Manhattan and serves on the Board of the Culinary Trust

Cooking for the Culture: Recipes and Stories from the New Orleans Streets to the Table Cans chicken pot pie served inAuthor: Toya Boudy 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. Driving the cookbook are her personal stories: from struggling in school