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In 'Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts,' Crystal Wilkinson shares recipes, Black Appalachian stories
Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcasted on April 23, 2024. Find that audio here.
Former Kentucky Poet-Laureate Crystal Wilkinson's new book "Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks" is both a family memoir and a cookbook. She joins host Celeste Headlee to talk about it.
Book excerpt: 'Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts'
By Crystal Wilkinson
Chicken and dumplings
Corn pudding
Grandmother’s blackberry cobbler
Pine lick mutton leg and gravy
Excerpted from "Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts," reprinted with permission of Penguin Random House
This segment aired on February 16, 2024.