Jessica B. Harris, Author Fireside Books $19.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-671-68165-4
Harris ( Hot Stuff: A Cookbook in Praise of the Piquant ) offers an enthusiastic and enticing introduction to the lively array of cuisines found in the Caribbean islands. Combining research with observations from her own experiences, she explores...
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Jessica B. Harris, Author Atheneum Books $19.95 (195p) ISBN 978-0-689-11872-2
``The history of Black cooking is a tale of many cooks.'' This firsthand, folksy introduction to African foods--eaten by a substantial portion of the world's population, yet unfamiliar to many North Americans--finds their origins not only in Africa,
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Jessica B. Harris, Author Simon & Schuster $16 (288p) ISBN 978-0-684-81837-5
Cookbook celebrating the history of African American cuisine. (Dec.)
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Jessica B. Harris, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $23 (285p) ISBN 978-0-02-548261-6
Brazil is better known for its beaches, festivals and rain forests than for its food. Moreover, claims food and travel writer Harris ( Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons ), the nation's ``supercosmopolitan cities, Rio and Sao Paulo . . . have been so...
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Jessica B. Harris, Author HarperOne $14 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-251092-1
Probing traditional ``old ways'' of enhancing one's looks, Harris (The Welcome Table) explicates the beauty secrets of a ``worldwide sisterhood of non-Western women of color.'' Her historical overview cites earliest evidence of cosmetic use (in body
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Jessica B. Harris. Scribner, $25 (272p) ISBN 978-1-5011-2590-4
Author and educator Harris begins her memoir with her young adult life in New York during the early 1970s and the remarkable individuals who surrounded her, including notable black writers such as James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, and Toni Morrison....
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Jessica B. Harris, Author, Susie Cushner, Photographer . Chronicle $35 (203p) ISBN 978-0-8118-4999-9
Harris has focused in the past on writing about African diasporic food traditions, so her tackling of the Martha's Vineyard's food landscape may come as a surprise. The Vineyard Harris knows and loves is infinitely more colorful and diverse...
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