High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America

by Jessica B. Harris

Book Overview

New York Times bestseller
From the Winner of the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award
Now a Netflix Original Series

The grande dame of African American cookbooks and winner of the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award stakes her claim as a culinary historian with a narrative history of African American cuisine.

Acclaimed cookbook author Jessica B. Harris has spent much of her life researching the food and foodways of the African Diaspora. High on the Hog is the culmination of years of her work, and the result is a most engaging history of African American cuisine. Harris takes the reader on a harrowing journey from Africa across the Atlantic to America, tracking the trials that the people and the food have undergone along the way.

From chitlins and ham hocks to fried chicken and vegan soul, Harris celebrates the delicious and restorative foods of the African American experience and details how each came to form such an important part of African American culture, history, and identity. Although the story of African cuisine in America begins with slavery, High on the Hog ultimately chronicles a thrilling history of triumph and survival. The work of a masterful storyteller and an acclaimed scholar, Jessica B. Harris's High on the Hog fills an important gap in our culinary history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608194507
• ISBN13: 9781608194506
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

This is a must for cookbook collectors!!!!!

If you Love food and it origin’s then this is a must get book! The storyline is amazing besides the easy recipes that taste delicious. If you like to cook your food and taste every ingredient then you will cook everything in this book I cannot recommend this book enough. PS their is a Netflix original on this book that is a must see also 🫶🙌