Vertamae Cooks in the Americas' Family Kitchen (Americas' Family Kitchen (Television Program).)
by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
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Storyteller, poet, and culinary anthropologist Vertamae Grosvenor displays the pleasures of Afro-Atlantic cooking in this soulful companion to the new PBS series The Americas' Family Kitchen. Here, as in the series, she shows how African tastes and traditions have influenced the various cuisines of America, acquiring new flavors and ingredients along the way in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. You'll find more than a hundred mouth-watering, down-home recipes, spiced with show more Vertamae's anecdotes, humor, and historical insights. The recipes range from the surprising to the happily familiar, from zesty Bahian shrimp creole to the simple pleasures of sweet potato pie. And everything from Hoppin' John to Sunshine Soup to Low Country Red Rice has a story. show lessTags
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Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor was born in Fairfax, South Carolina on April 4, 1937. Starting in 1980, she became a commentator on NPR. She reported on food, culture, travel, and social issues. She was best known for commending the virtues of the Gullah food and culture of her native South Carolina. She appeared frequently on the NPR series All Things show more Considered and hosted Seasonings, a series of NPR cooking specials. She briefly hosted Americas' Family Kitchen with Vertamae Grosvenor on public television in the 1990s. She wrote several books during her lifetime including Vibration Cooking or, The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl. She acted in the movies Daughters of the Dust and Beloved. She died on September 3, 2016 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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