#AfricanAmericanMakingTheNationsTable
#BlackHistoryMonth

Day 22

Culinary historian #DrJessicaBHarris not only has written many cookbooks (one of which led to the Netflix series, #HighOnTheHog) but was the lead curator for the MOFAD, #AfricanAmericanMakingTheNationsTable exhibit.

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February 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Day 22

Another thing featured in the #AfricanAmericanMakingTheNationsTable exhibit was the #ShoeboxLunch.

These were meals packaged in shoe boxes to hold foods that were less likely to spoil or require utensils for Black families traveling.

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February 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth

Day 22

The #EbonyTestKitchen was a significant part of the #AfricanAmericanMakingTheNationsTable exhibit.

After the exhibit closed, the Ebony Test Kitchen was later acquired by the #NationalMuseumOfAfricanAmericanHistoryAndCulture.

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February 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth

Day 22

Dr. #JessicaBHarris, a #JamesBeardAward winner, has written many cookbooks.

She was lead curator on a Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) pop-up exhibit, #AfricanAmericanMakingTheNationsTable in 2022. The exhibit ran from February 22 - July 17, 2022.

www.mofad.org/about-aa
February 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM