Some of you know, I’m writing my first cookbook From the Roota to the Toota! And it’s time to take my work on the road, so i need yall to RT and share this: I’m looking to interview and learn from (aka I WANT TO COME TO YO HOOD) Black folk in the Deep South (GA, SC, NC, LA, MS, AL, TN, and some of FL) who are keeping culinary traditions alive in their area. Do you or your family hunt? Do you know someone who hunts, forages, and/or fishes and cooks their dishes using allll parts of the catch? Ya auntie make fire chitlins? Unc makes his own sausage? Granny makes rutabagas like her granny taught her? Your community have a juju/medicine man? You eat souse, hogshead cheese, and pudding? My book is a celebration of Black southern food ways and i need y’all’s help to get this information down before we literally lose recipes- the more country, the better! If this is you or someone you know, feel free to respond here, or dm me and I’ll give you my email address! 💪🏽💜

Take a read for this immaculate piece on rice in the Lowcountry. I’m honored to have been a part of it and head to IG to start seeing some sneak peeks of the short film that will be coming out in September at the Food and Wine Classic !