Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen

Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen

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  • Author:Jon Gray
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Summary

Named a Best Cookbook of 2022 by Barnes & Noble
 
Named a Best Cookbook of Fall 2022 by Food & Wine, Forbes, Philadelphia Inquirer,  Publishers Weekly, The Takeout, and more

“This year’s most important cookbook。”

Vogue
 
“Every recipe comes with an immersive story, bringing you closer to the intent behind the dish。”
—The Strategist, The Year’s Most Giftable Coffee-Table Books

“Featuring vibrant recipes, interviews, art, and photography, this is a compelling culinary manifesto about the nature of Black food。 。 。 。 Ghetto Gastro offers an awakening of what Black food was, is, and can become while demonstrating the sheer joy and creativity Black communities generate。 With waves of crunch, heat, flavor, and umami, this Bronx culinary collective also inspires discussions about race, history, and long-standing food inequality。”
Food & Wine

Knowledge Is Power

Part cookbook。 Part manifesto。 Created with big Bronx energy, Black Power Kitchen combines 75 mostly plant-based, layered-with-flavor 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, flavor, 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 neighborhood 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。

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Reviews

Mairzi

4 stars for the text and gorgeous photos but 3 for recipes which often call for ingredients which are not easily accessible and complicated techniques

Stephanie

While reading, all I could think was, "I don't get it; what's the substance behind all the style?" The book has lots of energy, which it expends all over the place: Revolution! Marketing and branding! Self-aggrandizement! Bronx! Meat Alternatives! I found myself craving a centering concept。 While reading, all I could think was, "I don't get it; what's the substance behind all the style?" The book has lots of energy, which it expends all over the place: Revolution! Marketing and branding! Self-aggrandizement! Bronx! Meat Alternatives! I found myself craving a centering concept。 。。。more

Jordan

i got to see the ghetto gastro crew at portland book festival this year and had to pick up their work immediately。 i got a digital copy from my library but will definitely be picking up a hard copy if not just for the stellar recipes, then for the beautiful artwork that a computer screen does not do justice! recipes in here are inventive and approachable, and the team introduces you to a lot of very cool black visionaries to boot。 recommend!

James

This book has two components, a collection of stories of the huge influence that African-Americans had on American cuisine along with other historical tidbits。 Included with that is a generous amount of art, not all of which is cooking related。 It's an excellent read。The recipes look good but many are deep fried or cooked over flames and I don't deep fry and I can't cook with fire, so not as useful for me。 This book has two components, a collection of stories of the huge influence that African-Americans had on American cuisine along with other historical tidbits。 Included with that is a generous amount of art, not all of which is cooking related。 It's an excellent read。The recipes look good but many are deep fried or cooked over flames and I don't deep fry and I can't cook with fire, so not as useful for me。 。。。more

Erica

3。25 stars。 This is a book I could see myself coming back to if I ever had the occasion to use it。

SOPHIA

Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen by Jon GrayReleased October 25, 2022<3 This truly was a work of art and I found a renewed respect for Food Artists and the labor that goes into mastering the skills and preparing Ethnic Cuisine。 I don't have this kind of patience。 The history, interviews, photos, artwork the music influence and the elaborate preparation details in the showcased recipes really made this a unique nostalgic experience。 <3#TheBronx #Caribbean #Coquito #RootVegetables #NYC # Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen by Jon GrayReleased October 25, 2022<3 This truly was a work of art and I found a renewed respect for Food Artists and the labor that goes into mastering the skills and preparing Ethnic Cuisine。 I don't have this kind of patience。 The history, interviews, photos, artwork the music influence and the elaborate preparation details in the showcased recipes really made this a unique nostalgic experience。 <3#TheBronx #Caribbean #Coquito #RootVegetables #NYC #HipHop #BlackPanthers #PopCulturePart cookbook。 Part manifesto。 Created with big Bronx energy, Black Power Kitchen combines 75 mostly plant-based, layered-with-flavor 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, flavor, 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 neighborhood 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。 。。。more

Heather

Featured: food-art, artistic food hood classics and all variations of neighborhood culinary swag are the highlights! This is a visually unique, well conceptualized and wonderfully written love letter to community via food。

Bob

Solid messaging and interesting looking (mostly unfamiliar) recipes to this Midwestern white kid。 Some ingredients seem like they might be tough to get outside of a city but I’m going to try a few of the easier looking ones。

Rayanne Glover

Obviously I enjoy reading cookbooks。 BUT this isn’t solely a cookbook in the traditional sense。 The recipes are fantastic, mostly plant based, sometimes complex but worthwhile。 The backstories are what make this book interesting and worth reading。

Margery Osborne

great read。 plan to try the jollof rice and the mustard green callaloo。 would give anything to eat the Black Power waffles! sounds amazing! its a bit beyond my kitchen equipment though。 possibly I could do them as pancakes--I'll have to think about that。。。 the overnight oats I have actually tried except I didnt do the final cooking。 just added the coconut milk etc and ate like muesli。 was delicious ;-) great read。 plan to try the jollof rice and the mustard green callaloo。 would give anything to eat the Black Power waffles! sounds amazing! its a bit beyond my kitchen equipment though。 possibly I could do them as pancakes--I'll have to think about that。。。 the overnight oats I have actually tried except I didnt do the final cooking。 just added the coconut milk etc and ate like muesli。 was delicious ;-) 。。。more

T

This is such an important book。 It’s a cookbook but so much more。 The artwork is powerful, the writing, thoughtful。 The recipes accessible yet completely new (for me at least)。 I love the fact that it called out that the cookbook industry is so overrun with Eurocentric cookbooks and it’s only just NOW that publishers are finally realizing they’ve fished that lake to oblivion and are FINALLY turning the spotlight to non European/white cuisines。 And about damn time, too。 “We say food is a weapon, This is such an important book。 It’s a cookbook but so much more。 The artwork is powerful, the writing, thoughtful。 The recipes accessible yet completely new (for me at least)。 I love the fact that it called out that the cookbook industry is so overrun with Eurocentric cookbooks and it’s only just NOW that publishers are finally realizing they’ve fished that lake to oblivion and are FINALLY turning the spotlight to non European/white cuisines。 And about damn time, too。 “We say food is a weapon, which is another way to say that food is a means of protest, but good food can also be a tool of liberation。” 。。。more