Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew

Join us at the Jewish Museum on March 20, 2025 at 6:30pm in conjunction with the Jewish Book Council for a converasation with authors and creators whose work demonstrates the importance of storytelling in Black and Jewish communities, including Michael W. Twitty, author of Koshersoul. Click here to purchase tickets.

by Michael W. Twitty
 
In Koshersoul, Michael W. Twitty considers the marriage of two of the most distinctive culinary cultures in the world today: the foods and traditions of the African Atlantic and the global Jewish diaspora. To Twitty, the creation of African-Jewish cooking is a conversation of migrations and a dialogue of diasporas offering a rich background for inventive recipes and the people who create them.

The question that most intrigues him is not just who makes the food, but how the food makes the people. Jews of Color are not outliers, Twitty contends, but significant and meaningful cultural creators in both Black and Jewish civilizations. Koshersoul also explores how food has shaped the journeys of numerous cooks, including Twitty’s own passage to and within Judaism.

As intimate, thought-provoking, and profound as The Cooking Gene, this remarkable book teases the senses as it offers sustenance for the soul.

Koshersoul includes 48-50 recipes.

 
Hardcover
400 pages