7 Cookbooks By Black Chefs That Serve More Than Just Meals

Cooking can be very intimidating, especially when we didn’t grow up learning or seeing family come together for big meals. But on the other hand, it can be this wonderful event, celebration, or an intimate thing we do with the people we love.  Either way, as much as we cherish such big or small meals, we can become afraid to cook because it won’t be the same. Or at least you feel that way. You won’t get the same experiences or outcomes when cooking yourself. Like anything else, mental and physical prep must be done: brainstorming, shopping lists, grocery store queues, time management, etc. Sometimes, this pressure can be built up to preserve our Black American culture and familial traditions, a combination of many influences. In these cases, cooking joins the list of things that are necessary but probably wouldn’t care about.  Falling In Love With Food All Over Again Slowly, through your most intimate relationships with friends and partners, you begin to see the beauty — and rewards — of cooking. Stop giving in to that defeat of always bringing chips or paper products to social gatherings. You can start slowly by asking a family member to send Christmas...