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More than a recipe: Toni Tipton-Martin on preserving stories in Black kitchens

Does sugar belong in cornbread? For food journalist and author Toni Tipton-Martin, that familiar debate once made her feel like she did not belong. Sitting in a room full of scholars about 20 years ago, she listened to people insist that sugar did not belong in cornbread. But sweet cornbread was familiar to her. Hearing […]
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