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Jessica B. Harris

Jessica B. Harris
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Jessica B. Harris

Jessica B. Harris is one of a handful of African Americans who have achieved prominence in the culinary world. She holds a Ph.D. from NYU, teaches English at Queens College, and speaks English, French, Spanish, and Portugese. Harris is a member of the IACP and Les Dames d'Escoffier. Her articles have appeared in the Eating Well, Food & Wine, Essence, and The New Yorker, among other publications, and she has been profiled in The New York Times. Harris has spoken about the food of African Americans on The Today Show, Good Morning America, the Museum of Natural History, and has been a frequent guest at Philadelphia's The Book and the Cook.

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Beyond Gumbo is now available in Trade Paperback
Oct 21, 2012
Beyond Gumbo will be released on October 21, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Oct 21, 2012
The Africa Cookbook is now available in Trade Paperback
Aug 17, 2010
The Africa Cookbook will be released on August 17, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Aug 17, 2010
Sky Juice and Flying Fish will be released on May 11, 2010 in eBook
May 11, 2010
Sky Juice and Flying Fish is now available in eBook
May 11, 2010
Sky Juice and Flying Fish will be released on October 07, 2008 in eBook
Oct 07, 2008
Sky Juice and Flying Fish will be released on October 07, 2008 in eBook
Oct 07, 2008
Sky Juice and Flying Fish will be released on October 07, 2008 in eBook
Oct 07, 2008
Sky Juice and Flying Fish is now available in eBook
Oct 07, 2008
The Africa Cookbook will be released on September 24, 2008 in eBook
Sep 24, 2008
The Africa Cookbook will be released on September 24, 2008 in eBook
Sep 24, 2008
The Africa Cookbook will be released on September 24, 2008 in eBook
Sep 24, 2008
The Africa Cookbook is now available in eBook
Sep 24, 2008
Beyond Gumbo will be released on September 23, 2008 in eBook
Sep 23, 2008
Beyond Gumbo will be released on September 23, 2008 in eBook
Sep 23, 2008

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St. Louis Mag, December 13, 2012
...published. Hughes’ collection offers one-stop reading with some of this year’s best, including notable authors Calvin Trillin, Jessica B. Harris, Ruth Reichl, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Hank Shaw. The Middlesteins, Jami Attenberg The only novel on...
IR On The Net, November 20, 2012
...Mississippi. Dick Gregory is a comedian and activist who developed an interest in vegetarianism in the 1970s. Dr. Jessica B. Harris is a professor, food historian, and author of cookbooks documenting the foods and foodways of the African Diaspora. ...
NOLA Live, July 2, 2012
...with a description of the rude bread slaves baked between oak leaves in the ashes of their fires. Jessica B. Harris and "Treme" staff writer Lolis Eric Elie delve into the historical record, using early Southern cookbooks and slave narratives, to reveal...
22 WSBT, December 31, 2012
...foodways." The origins of the diet lie in the history of American slavery, according to food historian Jessica B. Harris, who appears in the film. Slaves ate a high-fat, high-calorie diet that would allow them to burn 3,000 calories a day working, she...
Hartford Courant, December 31, 2012
...foodways." The origins of the diet lie in the history of American slavery, according to food historian Jessica B. Harris, who appears in the film. Slaves ate a high-fat, high-calorie diet that would allow them to burn 3,000 calories a day working, she...
Imperial Valley Press, December 28, 2012
...foodways." The origins of the diet lie in the history of American slavery, according to food historian Jessica B. Harris, who appears in the film. Slaves ate a high-fat, high-calorie diet that would allow them to burn 3,000 calories a day working, she...
QualityHealth.com, December 28, 2012
...foodways." The origins of the diet lie in the history of American slavery, according to food historian Jessica B. Harris, who appears in the film. Slaves ate a high-fat, high-calorie diet that would allow them to burn 3,000 calories a day working, she...
Zaman, December 28, 2012
...culinary foodways.” The origins of the diet lie in the history of American slavery, according to food historian Jessica B. Harris, who appears in the film. Slaves ate a high-fat, high-calorie diet that would allow them to burn 3,000 calories a day...
Chicago Tribune, December 28, 2012
...foodways." The origins of the diet lie in the history of American slavery, according to food historian Jessica B. Harris, who appears in the film. Slaves ate a high-fat, high-calorie diet that would allow them to burn 3,000 calories a day working, she...
Qatar Peninsula, December 28, 2012
...culinary foodways.” The origins of the diet lie in the history of American slavery, according to food historian Jessica B Harris, who appears in the film. Slaves ate a high-fat, high-calorie diet that would allow them to burn 3,000 calories a day...