Dr. Jessica B. Harris, award-winning food historian and one of the world’s leading experts on the foodways of African Diaspora, and Klancy Miller, Founder of For the Culture magazine and author of Cooking Solo, join Julia to discuss the first issue of For the Culture, legacy, money, and more.

Dr. Harris is the author of twelve critically acclaimed, essential cookbooks including Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons: Africa’s Gifts to New World Cooking, Sky Juice and Flying Fish: Traditional Caribbean Cooking, The Welcome Table: African-American Heritage Cooking, The Africa Cookbook, and High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America. She’s also the author of My Soul Looks Back, a memoir published in 2017 that combines her powerful writing with her remarkable stories about her relationships with people like Dr. Maya Angelou, Nina Simone, and James Baldwin. My Soul Looks Back was a finalist for the PEN/Open Book Award. In 2020, Dr. Harris received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the James Beard Foundation.

In January of this year, 2021, Dr. Harris appeared on the cover of the first ever issue of For The Culture, a a biannual printed food magazine that celebrates Black women and femmes in food and wine. The stories in For the Culture are about Black women throughout the diaspora, written by Black women and photographed and illustrated by Black women.

For the culture was founded by Klancy Miller, a writer and pastry chef who trained and worked at  Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. Klancy is the author of the cookbook Cooking Solo: The Fun of Cooking for Yourself.

Helpful follow-up links:

• For more about Dr. Harris and her work, head here and also head here.
• To listen to Dr. Harris in conversation with Elle Simone-Scott on The Walk-In, head here.
• For more about For the Culture and to order your copy, head here.
• To follow For the Culture on Instagram, head here.
• For more about Klancy and Cooking Solo, her cookbook, head here.
• For more about Julia's new book Simply Julia, head here.
• For a signed copy of Simply Julia, head here to order from Oblong Books.
• For all of the details about Julia's upcoming virtual book tour, head here.
• For more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head here.
• For more about Oxo, head here.