Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Mother of Edisto Island - Emily Meggett - Bog

INFLUENTIAL SUPPORTERS: Prominent chefs and food writers BJ Dennis, Vivian Howard, Michael W. Twitty, and Toni Tipton-Martin have promised to help promote and blurb this book. Howard has called author Emily Meggett ¿an American legend. Her work deserves to be celebrated.¿OVERDUE PUBLICATION: Gullah Geechee cuisine is a prominent, yet too-often undersung part of Southern food culture. Meggett¿s cookbook is one of the first major and comprehensive books on the subject and will fill a void in the history of American cookbooks.MEDIA INTEREST: Meggett has been profiled by PBS, Eater, Bon Appétit, NPR, and the Food Network. She has also been interviewed by AP News, the Smithsonian, and Charleston¿s Post and Courier, demonstrating there is a sustained interest in her food, heritage, and deep roots in the American South.