A celebration of African American cuisine right now, in all of its abundance and variety". Tejal Rao, The New York Times James Beard Award Winner, Iacp Award Winner, Iacp Book Of The Year, Toni Tipton-martin Named The 2021 Julia Child Award Recipient Named One Of The Best Cookbooks Of The Year By The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Npr, Chicago Tribune, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, Food52 Throughout her career, Toni Tipton-Martin has shed new light on the history, breadth, and depth of African American cuisine. She's introduced us to black cooks, some long forgotten, who established much of what's considered to be our national cuisine. After all, if Thomas Jefferson introduced French haute cuisine to this country, who do you think actually cooked it? In Jubilee, Tipton-Martin brings these masters into our kitchens. Through recipes and stories, we cook along with these pioneering figures, from enslaved chefs, to middle- and upper-class writers and entrepreneurs. With more than 100 recipes, from classics such as Sweet Potato Biscuits, Seafood Gumbo, Buttermilk Fried Chicken, and Pecan Pie with Bourbon to lesser-known but even more decadent dishes like Bourbon & Apple Hot Toddies, Spoon Bread, and Baked Ham.