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Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese
  • Published: 27 September 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593486146
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $32.99

Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese

A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom

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Hardback
27 Sept 2022
EBook
6 Sept 2022
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A little girl helping her grandmother prepare a holiday meal learns about the origins of soul food in this powerful picture book that celebrates African American cuisine and identity from an award-winning author.

Know what I like most about Grandma’s kitchen?
More than jambalaya? More than sweet potato pie? Even more than pralines?
Grandma’s stories! Every meal Grandma cooks comes with a story.
What will today’s story be?

While visiting her grandma in Louisiana, nine-year-old Frances is excited to help prepare the New Year’s Day meal. She listens as Grandma tells stories—dating back to the Atlantic Slave Trade—about the food for their feast. Through these stories, Frances learns not only about the ingredients and the dishes they are making but about her ancestors and their history as well. 
 
A celebration of the stories that connect us, this picture book urges us to think about the foods we eat and why we eat them. This book was inspired by the author's own childhood and includes her family's very own recipe for pralines in the back!
  • Published: 27 September 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593486146
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $32.99
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About the authors

Glenda Armand

Glenda Armand has had a long career as a teacher and school librarian. She now devotes her time to writing historical fiction and picture-book biographies. She is the author of several books, including All Aboard the Schooltrain, Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese, and Down on the Bayou. Glenda also cowrote the Texas Bluebonnet Award–winning Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better with Kim Freeman. Glenda was born in New Orleans and grew up in Los Angeles, eating seafood gumbo with a dollop of potato salad on the side. Find Glenda online at glenda-armand.com and on Instagram at @glendaarmand.
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