Who wrote Jubilee, a 2019 cookbook documenting two centuries of African American cooking?

Toni Tipton-Martin wrote Jubilee, a 2019 cookbook documenting two centuries of African American cooking.

The book draws on more than by African American cooks, including enslaved cooks, domestic workers, caterers, restaurateurs, and cookbook authors. Tipton-Martin places recipes in their historical context rather than presenting them as an isolated list of dishes.

Jubilee grew from Tipton-Martin’s research into African American cookbooks. Her collection contains hundreds of historical volumes, and that archive helped her trace how Black cooks shaped American foodways. The cookbook includes recipes such as gumbo, biscuits, greens, and desserts.

Jubilee is sometimes confused with The Jemima Code, Tipton-Martin’s earlier 2015 history of African American cookbooks. The two works are closely related, but The Jemima Code is primarily a historical study, while Jubilee is a recipe collection with extensive commentary.