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‘Watermelon and Red Birds’ with Author Nicole A. Taylor

Nicole A. Taylor, food writer, master home chef, producer, and author of ‘Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations.’
Nicole A. Taylor, food writer, master home chef, producer, and author of ‘Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations.’

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Nicole A. Taylor, food writer, master home chef, producer, and author of ‘Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations.’

In 2017, Taylor published a New York Times article on Juneteenth foods. Not long thereafter, her agent told her she needed to consider a book of Juneteenth recipes - a suggestion she dismissed. Watermelon and Red Birds, contains more than 75 recipes alongside history and cultural exploration.

Taylor talks about becoming a chef, recipes for celebrating Juneteenth, kitchen gadgets you'll need for essential Juneteenth foods, the history of "red drink," and resources to BIPOC-owned hot sauces, jams, spices, and waffle mix companies.

John L. Hanson is the producer and host of the nationally syndicated radio series In Black America. It’s heard on home station KUT at 10 p.m. Tuesdays and 6:30 a.m. Sundays — and weekly on close to 20 stations across the country. The weekly podcast of IBA, the only nationally broadcast Black-oriented public affairs radio program, is one of KUT’s most popular podcasts.
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