Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts NOLA Egerton first explores southern food

Egerton first explores southern food in more than 200 restaurants in eleven southern states

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Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts NOLA Egerton first explores southern foodYears ago, when O. Henry Prize winning writer Crystal Wilkinson was baking a jam cake, she felt her late grandmothers presence. She soon realized that she was not the only cook in her kitchen; there were her ancestors, too, stirring, measuring, and braising alongside her. These are her kitchen ghosts, five generations of Black women who settled in Appalachia and made a life, a legacy, and a cuisine. Later, as an expert cook, Wilkinson shares nearly