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Foodies! Farmers! African American History buffs! Save the date for the Bartram's Garden Book Club. We'll discuss High on the Hog by (the incomparable) Jessica Harris and gather for a potluck.

"Acclaimed cookbook author Harris tells the story of the African diaspora through food, from the foodstuff brought along with African slaves to barely maintain them on the Middle Passage to the undeniable imprint of African American cuisine on southern American and Caribbean food. She traces African foods (yams, okra, black-eyed peas, corn), flavoring, cooking methods, and food rituals from the abduction of Africans and enslavement in the Americas to travel throughout the American and European continents, recounting tribulations and joy. Along the way, she profiles famous and obscure but gifted cooks; cooks in the big houses of slave plantations; “Pig Foot” Mary, who grew wealthy from sales of food she cooked on a stove mounted on a baby carriage; chefs who served meals to presidents; and members of a cooperative of black hoteliers in Philadelphia in the nineteenth century. Along with historical context, Harris offers recollections from her own travels and ends with selected recipes." --Booklist

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Bring a dish to share and enjoy a potluck brunch with your fellow readers as you discuss the selected book. "High on the Hog" is available for purchase at our Garden Shop and at the Free Library. Admission to the book club event & potluck is $5 for non-members, or one Bartram Program Pass for Bartram Members.

Call 215-729-5281 to RSVP.

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