This is quite the honor! Black Smoke is one of two books that will represent Colorado at the 2023 National Book Festival. Here’s the press release from Colorado Humanities and The Center for the Book: July 24, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Books by local authors selected to represent Colorado at the 2023 National Book Festival. […]
Please Welcome the 2022 Soul Food Scholar Summer Interns!
The Soul Food Scholar team is fortunate to have the following interns working for us this summer! Katherine Hsu (Class of 2025) attends the Chapin School in New York City. An avid historian, she was a National Qualifier for the 2021 National History Day Competition (after having placed first in New York City and New […]
Black Smoke Nominated for a James Beard Award!
Adrian Miller’s Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue has been nominated for a 2022 James Beard Award for Reference, History, and Scholarship. “It’s a tremendous honor to make the short list for the James Beard Award,” Miller said. “I’m thrilled for the opportunity revive old stories and tell new stories about […]
Johnetta Miller’s Banana Pudding Recipe
Here’s my late mother Johnetta Miller’s recipe for banana pudding. A version of it was served at the dinner where I received the 12th Annual Literati Award from the Friends of Southern Methodist University. She liked to chill her mixer beaters in the freezer before using them to whip the pudding’s topping; she said it […]