Classic soul food recipes are honored, but with new spices, new flavors, and simpler techniques. Harlem Really Cooks combines art, history, photographs, personal anecdotes, and nostalgia. A portrait of the new Harlem, as seen through the eyes of a life-long resident and expert home cook.
Perfectly timed to celebrate Harlem's second renaissance as a vital community to New York City and the world, this exciting book--through recipes, photos, anecdotes and nostalgia--reveals what's cooking in today's more culturally diverse Harlem. 16 photos, half in color.