• 3 ½ hours total run time
• 18 video lessons
• 2 step-by-step cooking classes. 

Available to stream on MasterClass

James Beard Award–winning author of The Cooking Gene teaches how to trace your culinary roots through the food your ancestors ate.

From the foodways of the transatlantic slave trade to the birth of soul food and food justice, Twitty teaches students how to trace your genealogy, face your pain, and tell your ancestral food story. Through years of unearthing his African American heritage, bestselling author of The Cooking Gene Michael W. Twitty discovered undeniable ties between his ancestors’ past and his own palate. Now he’s teaching how you can get a taste of your family history through food. Explore the migrations that informed the ingredients in your kitchen—then re-create the dishes that helped shape who you are.