Michael W. Twitty
@koshersoul.bsky.social
James Beard Award (The Cooking Gene) and National Jewish Book Award (Koshersoul) winning author, culinary historian (Rice and Recipes from the American South) and historic interpreter, African- American, Jewish, LGBT public figure.
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Michael W. Twitty's cookbook celebrates the South’s complicated heritage : NPR share.google/oxz299PgIBA7...
A celebration of the South's rich — and messy — heritage, delivered on a plate
In a new cookbook, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty pays homage to the rich tapestry of cultures that have shaped Southern cuisine — and keeps a gimlet eye on the region's complicated history.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Michael W. Twitty's cookbook celebrates the South’s complicated heritage : NPR share.google/oxz299PgIBA7...
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i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
February 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
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Goes without saying but this is a Massive problem, not just in what they’re doing but who they are literally, per our sources, drawing inspiration — about what to do next in the twin cities and elsewhere — from how the U.S. has handled foreign wars including ones we lost
Trump and his people are talking about Minnesota — even during a supposed “drawdown” — both publicly and privately in the language of war and saving face after encountering sustained local resistance that drains resources & bleeds political support
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Trump’s Losing His War in Minnesota. He’s Ready to Declare ‘Mission Accomplished’
Trump may trim back his terror campaign in Minneapolis, because it’s bleeding political support. It’s not over.
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February 14, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Goes without saying but this is a Massive problem, not just in what they’re doing but who they are literally, per our sources, drawing inspiration — about what to do next in the twin cities and elsewhere — from how the U.S. has handled foreign wars including ones we lost
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Exactly. Southern food is black ingenuity. @koshersoul.bsky.social knows.
February 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Exactly. Southern food is black ingenuity. @koshersoul.bsky.social knows.
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the bad bunny football concert is even better after knowing exactly how mad it made the worst people
February 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM
the bad bunny football concert is even better after knowing exactly how mad it made the worst people
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Jewish men like Woody Allen and Philip Roth spent a lot of their careers making art about how Jewish women are unappealing and wow did that affect me. We have historically gotten that and then the hypersexualization of Monica Lewinsky. Not great!
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Jewish men like Woody Allen and Philip Roth spent a lot of their careers making art about how Jewish women are unappealing and wow did that affect me. We have historically gotten that and then the hypersexualization of Monica Lewinsky. Not great!
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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And the nod to Toñitas in Brooklyn nuestrostories.com/2025/01/bad-...
February 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
And the nod to Toñitas in Brooklyn nuestrostories.com/2025/01/bad-...
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Wherever there sugar, there’s slavery
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Wherever there sugar, there’s slavery
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First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
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NEW: Huge cheers earlier for the Ukrainian athletes at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
Then huge BOOS as JD Vance comes on the big screen in the stadium.
Even the commentators can’t hide it…
Then huge BOOS as JD Vance comes on the big screen in the stadium.
Even the commentators can’t hide it…
February 6, 2026 at 9:24 PM
NEW: Huge cheers earlier for the Ukrainian athletes at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
Then huge BOOS as JD Vance comes on the big screen in the stadium.
Even the commentators can’t hide it…
Then huge BOOS as JD Vance comes on the big screen in the stadium.
Even the commentators can’t hide it…
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“As Ida B Wells noted in her 1892 book Southern Horrors: ‘They forget that a concession of the right to lynch a man for a certain crime … concedes the right to lynch any person for any crime.’”
State violence against Black Americans laid the groundwork for fascism | Jason Stanley
Fascism feeds on the arbitrary killings that have long plagued the US. Ending the horror starts with abolishing ICE
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February 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
“As Ida B Wells noted in her 1892 book Southern Horrors: ‘They forget that a concession of the right to lynch a man for a certain crime … concedes the right to lynch any person for any crime.’”
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@koshersoul.bsky.social so lovely to watch you on PBS tonight
February 5, 2026 at 2:11 AM
@koshersoul.bsky.social so lovely to watch you on PBS tonight
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Here's a great read for Black History Month (or any month!). In The Cooking Gene, James Beard award-winning culinary and cultural historian @koshersoul.bsky.social travels the South, tracing his roots and the history of Southern cuisine.
p.s. Please buy books from indies not ICE-enabling oligarchs.
p.s. Please buy books from indies not ICE-enabling oligarchs.
February 2, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Here's a great read for Black History Month (or any month!). In The Cooking Gene, James Beard award-winning culinary and cultural historian @koshersoul.bsky.social travels the South, tracing his roots and the history of Southern cuisine.
p.s. Please buy books from indies not ICE-enabling oligarchs.
p.s. Please buy books from indies not ICE-enabling oligarchs.
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ICYMI: My story fm. a visit to the only remaining Georgia sea island community of Gullah Geechee–descend's of West African enslaved ppl.–as they face a historic referendum on their land:
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@dnbrgr.bsky.social @koshersoul.bsky.social @michaelharriot.bsky.social
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Sapelo Island to vote on historic zoning referendum
Sapelo Island's upcoming zoning referendum will be only the second referendum in Georgia to ever challenge a county action.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:16 PM
ICYMI: My story fm. a visit to the only remaining Georgia sea island community of Gullah Geechee–descend's of West African enslaved ppl.–as they face a historic referendum on their land:
atlpresscollective.com/2026/01/19/s...
@dnbrgr.bsky.social @koshersoul.bsky.social @michaelharriot.bsky.social
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@dnbrgr.bsky.social @koshersoul.bsky.social @michaelharriot.bsky.social
#Minneapolis has become the Birmingham Campaign moment of the Resistance.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
#Minneapolis has become the Birmingham Campaign moment of the Resistance.
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In our latest: The feds created a drone no fly zone to stop people from recording ICE.
The order appears to attempt to criminalize the use of drones to film Immigration and Customs Enforcement and DHS employees who are detaining people all over the country.
The order appears to attempt to criminalize the use of drones to film Immigration and Customs Enforcement and DHS employees who are detaining people all over the country.
Feds Create Drone No Fly Zone That Would Stop People Filming ICE
The FAA has altered a no fly zone designation that was originally created for US military bases to apply to DHS units.
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:19 PM
In our latest: The feds created a drone no fly zone to stop people from recording ICE.
The order appears to attempt to criminalize the use of drones to film Immigration and Customs Enforcement and DHS employees who are detaining people all over the country.
The order appears to attempt to criminalize the use of drones to film Immigration and Customs Enforcement and DHS employees who are detaining people all over the country.
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I love immigrants. They come here looking for a better life and in exchange bring their food, culture, music making the country a better, more diverse and interesting place. I would choose them as my neighbors over someone who hates them on principle every fucking time.
January 25, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I love immigrants. They come here looking for a better life and in exchange bring their food, culture, music making the country a better, more diverse and interesting place. I would choose them as my neighbors over someone who hates them on principle every fucking time.
Get an imagination.
January 25, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Get an imagination.
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ok who’s writing the treatment of this for netflix because I’d definitely watch this show
Trump, during an "economic" speech today in Detroit, can't help but fixate on "wine mom gangs," saying they're "doing these fake riots." They go practice. They go to areas, they take hotel rooms, and they all practice together. It’s a whole scam. We’re finding out who’s funding all this stuff."
January 14, 2026 at 6:54 AM
ok who’s writing the treatment of this for netflix because I’d definitely watch this show
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The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter seeking classified state documents. Nothing she wrote about could be considered classified. They simply want to suppress dissent via intimidation. Don't let them. Here is what she wrote. Please share.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter seeking classified state documents. Nothing she wrote about could be considered classified. They simply want to suppress dissent via intimidation. Don't let them. Here is what she wrote. Please share.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.