It's a cuisine that was developed in the homes of the elite and middle class that takes inspiration from around the globe that is a diverse, varied style of cooking that has created much of what we know of as American cuisine.W hole Foods Market caused quite a stir in 2014, when the healthfood superstore declared “collard greens the new kale” and tweeted a recipe for sauteed collards garnished with peanuts. What we find is a world of African-American cuisine-made by enslaved master chefs, free caterers, and black entrepreneurs and culinary stars-that goes far beyond soul food. Tipton-Martin builds on that research in Jubilee, adapting recipes from those historic texts for the modern kitchen.

Toni Tipton-Martin, the first African-American food editor of a daily American newspaper, is the author of the James Beard Award-winning The Jemima Code, a history of African-American cooking found in-and between-the lines of three centuries' worth of African-American cookbooks. Publishers Text Adapted from historical texts and rare African-American cookbooks, the 125 recipes of Jubilee paint a rich, varied picture of the true history of African-American cooking: a cuisine far beyond soul food. Leftovers held well to next day - definitely best reheated vs. I used bitter orange marmalade which was OK - it'd be nice to try these with a sweeter jam. They needed 5-10 extra minutes to fully bake (probably the cream again!). I'm guessing author just meant to space them out evenly. I used the 9-inch square pan called for in recipe but found the instruction about 'leaving no space between' biscuits confusing since there's no way the unbaked biscuits could completely fill a pan that size. Biscuits were tender, moist, and nicely flaky but a bit heavier than I prefer, perhaps due to that extra cream. Perhaps it was my unbleached AP flour and the very dry winter air we have now. 'slightly sticky' and 'pulling away from side of the bowl' as described in recipe. Even then it was quite dry and crumbly vs. My biscuits looked very much like lholtzman's photo, but I'm not sure they turned out as they were supposed to since the dough needed an extra 6 tbsp cream to come together.

Jubilee by Toni Tipton-Martin