Toni Tipton-Martin Jubilee

Last updated: December 30, 2020


Toni Tipton-Martin Jubilee

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In our analysis of 34 expert reviews, the Toni Tipton-Martin Jubilee placed 7th when we looked at the top 12 products in the category. For the full ranking, see below.

From The Manufacturer

Throughout her career, Toni Tipton-Martin has shed new light on the history, breadth, and depth of African American cuisine. She’s introduced us to black cooks, some long forgotten, who established much of what’s considered to be our national cuisine. After all, if Thomas Jefferson introduced French haute cuisine to this country, who do you think actually cooked it? In Jubilee, Tipton-Martin brings these masters into our kitchens. Through recipes and stories, we cook along with these pioneering figures, from enslaved chefs
to middle- and upper-class writers and entrepreneurs. With more than 100 recipes, from classics such as Sweet Potato Biscuits, Seafood Gumbo, Buttermilk Fried Chicken, and Pecan Pie with Bourbon to lesser-known but even more decadent dishes like Bourbon & Apple Hot Toddies, Spoon Bread, and Baked Ham Glazed with Champagne, Jubilee presents techniques, ingredients, and dishes that show the roots of African American cooking—deeply beautiful, culturally diverse, fit for celebration.

Expert Reviews


What reviewers liked

Jubilee isn’t simply a cookbook, it’s a love letter to the ancestors who left documentation and guides for our country to remember the people who made it so great, and to learn how to carry our legacy into a brighter, more triumphant future.
Tipton-Martin enjoys unparalleled skill at building bridges between the past and the present, making this volume inspirational on many levels.
Despite their deep roots, the recipes—even the oldest ones—feel fresh and modern, a testament to the essentiality of African-American gastronomy to all of American cuisine.
In each recipe, she distills the lessons and techniques of the individuals who have shaped a dish over time, combining them, remixing them, and in the end, making them her own, while always paying homage to her sources.
The storytelling is every bit as good as the recipes. I spent hours reading this important book.
- wbur
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