January 18: Food as History

In Michael Twitty's The Cooking Gene, how does food become a vehicle of memory to explore the past as a project of understanding who he is and where he fits into the American story?

How does his writing help us to see the complexity of that past with new eyes? Has it helped to think more deeply about our current debates about race and equity in the United States?

Don't forget to include quotes from the reading as a basis for your comments.