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Jessica B. Harris

Author

Bio

Jessica B. Harris is author, editor, or translator of seventeen books, including twelve cookbooks documenting the foods and foodways of the African diaspora. She lectures and consults widely in the United States and abroad and has written extensively for scholarly and popular publications. Recently retired after five decades of teaching at Queens College, CUNY, Harris is the recipient of numerous awards for her work including an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Johnson and Wales University. She was recently inducted into the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame.

Jessica B. Harris Books

A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook book cover

A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook

Jessica B. Harris
Charleston to Phnom Penh book cover

Charleston to Phnom Penh

John Martin Taylor
Vintage Postcards from the African World book cover

Vintage Postcards from the African World

Jessica B. Harris
Sweet Home Café Cookbook book cover

Sweet Home Café Cookbook

NMAAHC
My Soul Looks Back book cover

My Soul Looks Back

Jessica B. Harris
Writing in the Kitchen book cover

Writing in the Kitchen

David A. Davis
Cornbread Nation 7 book cover

Cornbread Nation 7

Francis Lam
The Larder book cover

The Larder

Andrew Warnes
The Martha's Vineyard Table book cover

The Martha's Vineyard Table

Jessica B. Harris
Sky Juice and Flying Fish book cover

Sky Juice and Flying Fish

Jessica B. Harris
Cooking the Gullah Way, Morning, Noon, and Night book cover

Cooking the Gullah Way, Morning, Noon, and Night

Sallie Ann Robinson
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