Recipes for Respect Louisiana has cooked on award-winning BBQ

has cooked on award-winning BBQ competition teams such as EGGcellent Eats and Dizzy Pig

Hundreds of classic recipes capture the rich culinary traditions of the American South

co-written by award-winning writer Lolis Eric Elie

brown child of immigrants―reconstructs the lives of these women in vivid and empathetic detail

Bitsoie showcases the variety of flavor and culinary history on offer from coast to coast

Recipes for Respect Louisiana has cooked on award-winning BBQFood studies, once trendy, has settled into the public arena. In the academy, scholarship on food and literary culture constitutes a growing river within literary and cultural studies, but writing on African American food and dining remains a tributary. Recipes for Respect bridges this gap, illuminating the role of foodways in African American culture as well as the contributions of Black cooks and chefs to what has been considered the mainstream.