The Cooking Gene: Southern Discomfort Tour (Youth Cooking/Planting Demonstration)

Youth & Summer Camp Groups are invited to meet Food Historian Michael Twitty as he tells the story of our living history through food. Mr. Twitty traces the backgrounds of heirloom seeds and present artifacts from plantations across the nation and the African diaspora. Student activities include planting the heirloom seeds and making their own ice cream! Lunch tickets can be purchased for $5 (a la carte items available). The event will be held at Atwood Community Gardens located at 779, Atwood Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 (West End Atlanta, GA.)

"The Cooking Gene: The Southern Discomfort Tour will lead us through the places my ancestors were enslaved as well as places of cultural memory related to slavery and the development and history of Southern cuisine. We are blogging and taking photos and video the entire way to document our journey and the historical narrative we uncover. I’m cooking and demonstrating historic foodways the entire way." —-Michael Twitty, Food Historian

From Maryland to Louisiana and back–taking two separate routes.  The Cooking Gene: Southern Discomfort Tour will be visiting Baltimore, AnnapolisMD, Washington, D.C., Alexandria VA, Southern Maryland, Richmond VA, Petersburg VA, Farmville VA, Appomattox VA, Lynchburg, VA, Winston-Salem NC, Charlotte NC, Lancaster SC, Columbia SC, Redcliffe State Park SC, Augusta GA, Athens GA, Atlanta GA, Anniston AL, Birmingham AL, Tuscaloosa AL, Huntsville AL, Nashville TN, Memphis TN, Oxford MS, Jackson MS, Vicksburg MS, Natchez MS, Donaldsonville LA, New Orleans LA, Baton Rouge LA, Lafayette LA, Biloxi MS, Mobile AL, Montgomery AL, Russell County AL, Columbus GA, Jacksonville FL, Savannah GA, Daufuskie Island SC, Charleston SC, Georgetown SC, Wilmington NC, Raleigh-Durham NC, Halifax NC, Creswell, NC, Hampton Roads (Surry County, Williamsburg, Jamestown and Norfolk VA), Dorchester County MD, Easton MD.