Culinary Historian Pays Homage To African-American Food History

By Nicole Campbell,

Published September 4, 2013 at 12:16 PM EDT

Culinary Historian and Judaics Scholar, Michael Twitty

This summer, celebrity chef Paula Deen鈥檚 use of the N-word stirred controversy. Food historian Michael criticizing her appropriation and misinterpretation of African-American culinary tradition. Twitty will cook and speak about his work at s in Durham this Saturday, September 7th.

Host Frank Stasio talks with about the event, Paula Deen and African-American food studies.

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Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's 瓜神app Director.

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