Owner Rekaya Gibson will have a Facebook live discussion with Chef Todd Richards author of “Roots, Heart, Soul: The Story, Celebration, and Recipes of Afro Cuisine in America" at 7 p.m. (EST) on Thursday, April 24.

Richards, the James Beard Award–winning author of Soul, explores West African diaspora cooking in the Americas, spanning history from the slave trade through the Great Migration, with more than 100 recipes and narratives.

The Chicago native lives in Atlanta.

Get a hardback or eBook copy of Claiborne’s cookbook in our online book shop here - https://bookshop.org/a/9772/9780358612674.