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Jessica B. Harris

Jessica B. Harris
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Jessica B. Harris

Jessica B. Harris is one of a handful of African Americans who have achieved prominence in the culinary world. She holds a Ph.D. from NYU, teaches English at Queens College, and speaks English, French, Spanish, and Portugese. Harris is a member of the IACP and Les Dames d'Escoffier. Her articles have appeared in the Eating Well, Food & Wine, Essence, and The New Yorker, among other publications, and she has been profiled in The New York Times. Harris has spoken about the food of African Americans on The Today Show, Good Morning America, the Museum of Natural History, and has been a frequent guest at Philadelphia's The Book and the Cook.

The Africa Cookbook is now available in Trade Paperback
Aug 17, 2010
The Africa Cookbook will be released on August 17, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Aug 17, 2010
Sky Juice and Flying Fish will be released on May 11, 2010 in eBook
May 11, 2010
Sky Juice and Flying Fish is now available in eBook
May 11, 2010
Sky Juice and Flying Fish will be released on October 07, 2008 in eBook
Oct 07, 2008
Sky Juice and Flying Fish will be released on October 07, 2008 in eBook
Oct 07, 2008
Sky Juice and Flying Fish will be released on October 07, 2008 in eBook
Oct 07, 2008
Sky Juice and Flying Fish is now available in eBook
Oct 07, 2008
The Africa Cookbook will be released on September 24, 2008 in eBook
Sep 24, 2008
The Africa Cookbook will be released on September 24, 2008 in eBook
Sep 24, 2008
The Africa Cookbook will be released on September 24, 2008 in eBook
Sep 24, 2008
The Africa Cookbook is now available in eBook
Sep 24, 2008
Beyond Gumbo will be released on September 23, 2008 in eBook
Sep 23, 2008
Beyond Gumbo will be released on September 23, 2008 in eBook
Sep 23, 2008
Beyond Gumbo will be released on September 23, 2008 in eBook
Sep 23, 2008
Beyond Gumbo is now available in eBook
Sep 23, 2008

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Cleveland Live, February 27, 2012
...Amy Bloom, as like them, she demonstrates a "fearless capacity for surgical precision." High on the Hog Jessica B. Harris $17 Harris, a culinary historian and professor at Queens College, City University of New York, subtitles her history, "A Culinary...
Cleveland Live, February 24, 2012
...Amy Bloom, as like them, she demonstrates a "fearless capacity for surgical precision." High on the Hog Jessica B. Harris $17 Harris, a culinary historian and professor at Queens College, City University of New York, subtitles her history, "A Culinary...
NPR, February 1, 2012
...The Lover's Dictionary': Definitions For Heartbreak Jan. 11, 2011 A Culinary Journey from Africa to America by Jessica B. Harris • Paperback, 291 pages, St Martins Pr, $17, published January 17 2012 | purchase Purchase Featured Books High on the Hog A...
Triangle Tribune, December 29, 2011
...8. Giving Back by Valaida Fullwood 9. Fail Up by Tavis Smiley 10. High on the Hog by Jessica B. Harris Honorable mention 1. No Higher Honor by Condoleezza Rice My Long Trip Home by Mark Whitaker Incognito by Michael Sidney Fosberg The John Carlos Story...
Cincinnati Herald, December 16, 2011
...8. Giving Back by Valaida Fullwood 9. Fail Up by Tavis Smiley 10. High on the Hog by Jessica B. Harris Honorable Mention No Higher Honor by Dr. Condoleezza Rice My Long Trip Home by Mark Whitaker Incognito by Michael Sidney Fosberg The John Carlos...
Miami New Times, November 18, 2011
...This coming Saturday at 11 a.m., Andrew Carmellini (American Flavor), Gabrielle Hamilton (Blood, Bones & Butter), and Jessica B. Harris (High on the Hog) will take part in a reading. Later on Saturday, at 4 p.m., there will be a See, Learn, Eat! cooking...
Miami Herald, November 17, 2011
...Kitchen (Indiana University, $29.95).Saturday: readings 11 a.m.: Andrew Carmellini and American Flavor (Ecco, $34.99); Jessica B. Harris and High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America (Bloomsbury, $26); Gabrielle Hamilton and Blood,...
Bradenton Herald, February 27, 2012
...Wine," by George Gale -"High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa to America," by Jessica B. Harris -"Turning the Tables: Restaurants and the Rise of the American Middle Class, 1880-1920," by Andrew P. Haley CULINARY TRAVEL -"A Family in Paris," by...
Sacramento Bee, February 27, 2012
...Wine," by George Gale -"High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa to America," by Jessica B. Harris -"Turning the Tables: Restaurants and the Rise of the American Middle Class, 1880-1920," by Andrew P. Haley CULINARY TRAVEL -"A Family in Paris," by...
Cleveland Live, February 27, 2012
...Amy Bloom, as like them, she demonstrates a "fearless capacity for surgical precision." High on the Hog Jessica B. Harris $17 Harris, a culinary historian and professor at Queens College, City University of New York, subtitles her history, "A Culinary...
Columbus Republic, February 27, 2012
...Transformed Wine,” by George Gale —“High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa to America,” by Jessica B. Harris —“Turning the Tables: Restaurants and the Rise of the American Middle Class, 1880-1920,” by Andrew P. Haley CULINARY...
Cleveland Live, February 24, 2012
...Amy Bloom, as like them, she demonstrates a "fearless capacity for surgical precision." High on the Hog Jessica B. Harris $17 Harris, a culinary historian and professor at Queens College, City University of New York, subtitles her history, "A Culinary...
New Jersey Online, February 23, 2012
...Acclaimed cookbook author Jessica B. Harris will visit the Franklin Township Public Library on Wednesday, March 7, at 7 p.m. Harris will discuss her latest book, High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey...
Star Ledger, February 23, 2012
...the Hog ultimately chronicles a thrilling history of triumph and survival. The work of a storyteller and scholar, Jessica B. Harris’s High on the Hog fills an important gap in our culinary history. Jessica B. Harris is the author of 11 cookbooks...