Publication date: October 18， 2022Thank you to NetGalley， the author， and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review an advanced reader's copy of this book。 This in no way affects my review， all opinions are my own， are not a result of compensation and may be affected by the fact that I currently have nothing better to do than read multiple books a day！SYNOPSIS*****************Knowledge Is PowerPart cookbook。 Part manifesto。 Created with big Bronx energy， Black Power Kitchen combines 7 Publication date: October 18， 2022Thank you to NetGalley， the author， and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review an advanced reader's copy of this book。 This in no way affects my review， all opinions are my own， are not a result of compensation and may be affected by the fact that I currently have nothing better to do than read multiple books a day！SYNOPSIS*****************Knowledge Is PowerPart cookbook。 Part manifesto。 Created with big Bronx energy， Black Power Kitchen combines 75 mostly plant-based， layered-with-flavour recipes with immersive storytelling， diverse voices， and striking images and photographs that celebrate Black food and Black culture， and inspire larger conversations about race， history， food inequality， and how eating well can be a pathway to personal freedom and self-empowerment。Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen is the first book from the Bronx-based culinary collective， and it does for the cookbook what Ghetto Gastro has been doing for the food world in general—disrupt， expand， reinvent， and stamp it with their unique point of view。 Ghetto Gastro sits at the intersection of food， music， fashion， visual arts， and social activism。 They’ve partnered with Nike and Beats by Dre， designed cookware sold through Williams-Sonoma and Target， and won a Future of Gastronomy award from the World’s 50 Best。Now they bring their multidisciplinary approach to a cookbook， with nourishing recipes that are layered with waves of crunch， heat， flavour， and umami。 They are born of the authors’ cultural heritage and travels—from riffs on family dishes like Strong Back Stew and memories of Uptown with Red Velvet Cake to neighbourhood icons like Triboro Tres Leches and Chopped Stease （their take on the classic bodega chopped cheese） to recipes redolent of the African diaspora like Banana Leaf Fish and King Jaffe Jollof。 All made with a sense of swag。 CHOPPED CHEESE？？？？？？？？？？ Oh， I got excited but it was basically a chopped cheeseburger。 That aside， this was an incredible book of recipes and stories alike。 Mostly plant-based but easily made for carnivores or omnivores this collective presents history， activism and food in one fell， yummy swoop。 The recipes are well written and understandable by cooks of all levels and the photos make the food very appealing to me and other food lovers out there。The book was a delight to read and had amazing graphics and photos: it is a coffee table book kind of book。。。something to read and savour and appreciate。 I will highly recommend this book to patrons， friends， and family alike。 。。。more