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# Michael Twitty: Culture Through Cooking
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/revolution-250-stories-from-the-first-shore/episode/michael-twitty-culture-through-cooking-wpxh29/
- Published: 2025-09-15T19:09:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-13T12:00:17.000Z
- Description: Michael Twitty explores the power of food in shaping identity, culture, and resistance.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Revolution 250: Stories From The First Shore, Season 1, Episode 1, #ZZZ_Episode_689e497c-b8ea-4997-90b1-3456a594690a, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_0f68d973-41f7-4ddd-90ec-f3eac5e83adb, #v1.16

Michael Twitty, a James Beard Award–winning writer, explores the deep roots of American history, through food. During his time in Colonial Williamsburg, the culinary historian used dishes like sweet potato pumpkin and black-eyed peas, to reveal how food carried culture, resilience and identity, shaping Southern and American traditions and connecting past to present.