Toni Tipton-Martin and Morgan Bolling in conversation with Kim Severson

From the venue:

Toni Tipton-Martin, Editor in Chief of Cook’s Country magazine, guided this project and team with her vast knowledge of Southern women’s food history and her journalistic approach to sharing the stories behind America’s favorite dishes. She is an award-winning food and nutrition journalist who uses cultural heritage and cooking for social change. Toni is the author of several important books that celebrate African American cookbook history: Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks; Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking, and The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks. For her work, she has received the Julia Child Foundation Award, which is given to an individual (or team) who has made a profound and significant difference in the way America cooks, eats, and drinks. She is also a three-time James Beard Book Award winner, and she has earned the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Trailblazer Award, its Book of the Year Award, and Member of the Year Award. She is also the proud keeper of an incredible collection of rare cookbooks.