7 must-read cookbooks books like Coconuts and Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South by Von Diaz

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Coconuts and Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South

By: Von Diaz

3.65

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Finalist, International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Awards in the Literary or Hi…

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1. The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South

By: Michael W. Twitty

3.86

Format: 480 pages, ebook

Southern food is integral to the American culinary tradition, yet the question of who "owns" it is … read more

Similar categories in Michael W. Twitty's The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South book and Von Diaz's Coconuts and Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South

  • memoir
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
"I picked cotton so you could pick up a book."

-Michael W. Twitty, The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South

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2. Women, Race & Class

By: Angela Y. Davis

4.58

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the wom… read more

Similar categories in Angela Y. Davis's Women, Race & Class book and Von Diaz's Coconuts and Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South

  • nonfiction
"White women—feminists included—have revealed a historical reluctance to acknowledge the struggles of household workers. They have rarely been involved in the Sisyphean task of ameliorating the condit…"

-Angela Y. Davis, Women, Race & Class

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3. Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

By: Rafia Zakaria

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Upper-middle-class white women have long been heralded as “experts” on feminism. They have presided… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Trickle-down feminism, everyone assumed, would miraculously fast forward the realization of a gender-equal, free market world created in the self image of America."

-Rafia Zakaria, Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

"White and western women are seen as participants in complex modern societies. Their problems cannot be solved with a single, neat gift. Women of color are imagined as existing in a much simpler world…"

-Rafia Zakaria, Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

"But American journalists, female journalists in particular, created a narrative for the war on terror that reaffirmed it as one fought by a feminist America, against anti-feminist, primitive, patriar…"

-Rafia Zakaria, Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

"Capitalist forces have looked to depoliticize as many spheres as possible. To create a feminist politics of solidarity, women have to recognize the forces that push them apart and push them into mean…"

-Rafia Zakaria, Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

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4. Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks

By: Crystal Wilkinson

4.43

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful … read more

Similar categories in Crystal Wilkinson's Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks book and Von Diaz's Coconuts and Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South

  • memoir
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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5. Chetna's 30 Minute Indian: Quick and Easy Everyday Meals

By: Chetna Makan

4.13

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

80 brilliant, flavor-packed Indian recipes to make in 30 minutes or less Chetna Makan's bestsellin… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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6. White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

By: Ruby Hamad

4.56

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

This explosive book of history and cultural criticism argues that white feminism has been a weapon … read more

Similar categories in Ruby Hamad's White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color book and Von Diaz's Coconuts and Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South

  • nonfiction
"This weaponization of White Womanhood continues to be the centerpiece of an arsenal used to maintain the status quo and punish anyone who dares challenge it."

-Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

"White women can oscillate between their gender and their race, between being the oppressed and the oppressor. Women of color are never permitted to exist outside of these constraints: we are both wom…"

-Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

"Yes, it is true women of color have been the targets of a setup of monumental proportions, something that amounts to nothing short of a covert war against us. But it is also true that these attacks a…"

-Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

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7. Colombiana: A Rediscovery of Recipes and Rituals from the Soul of Colombia

By: Mariana Velásquez

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A recipe developer and food stylist—whose work has taken her across the globe to work with clients … read more

Similar categories in Mariana Velásquez's Colombiana: A Rediscovery of Recipes and Rituals from the Soul of Colombia book and Von Diaz's Coconuts and Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South

  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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8. The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors

By: Lama Rod Owens

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A Buddhist Lama and intersectional thought leader shares a guide for those who would dream a more j… read more

Similar categories in Lama Rod Owens's The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors book and Von Diaz's Coconuts and Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South

  • nonfiction
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9. Black, White, and The Grey: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship and a Beloved Restaurant

By: Mashama Bailey

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A story about the trials and triumphs of a Black chef from Queens, New York, and a White media entr… read more

Similar categories in Mashama Bailey's Black, White, and The Grey: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship and a Beloved Restaurant book and Von Diaz's Coconuts and Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South

  • memoir
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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10. Coconuts and Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South

By: Von Diaz

3.65

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Finalist, International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Awards in the Literary or Hi… read more

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  • memoir
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • international
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11. Jew-Ish: A Cookbook: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch

By: Jake Cohen

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A brilliantly modern take on Jewish culinary traditions for a new generation of readers, from a bri… read more

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  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction

11 must-read nonfiction books like Coconuts and Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South by Von Diaz

Transform Your Habits

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South

Michael W. Twitty

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Women, Race & Class

Angela Y. Davis

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

Rafia Zakaria

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks

Crystal Wilkinson

4.43

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24 Best nonfiction books like The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors by Lama Rod Owens

Transform Your Habits

Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation

Angel Kyodo Williams , Lama Rod Owens , Jasmine Syedullah

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal

Dean Ornish , Rachel Naomi Remen

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

Travis Alabanza

4.38

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