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“A person who isn't reminded several times a day about the implications of the color of her skin has time to consider the implications of other things.”
― Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History
― Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History
“Pumpkin compote in a masa shell," she says. "It's a new recipe I'm going to try this week."
"So, a pumpkin tamale? You know you can just call it a pumpkin tamale. Nobody's going to be impressed because you used some fancy words."
Her mouth turns down. "Thank you for the editorial. Just try it."
I take a bite. It's good. Better than I expected. The balance of cinnamon and nutmeg is perfect, a hint of allspice. And some ingredient I can't place. Almost... coppery? But it works.”
― Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
"So, a pumpkin tamale? You know you can just call it a pumpkin tamale. Nobody's going to be impressed because you used some fancy words."
Her mouth turns down. "Thank you for the editorial. Just try it."
I take a bite. It's good. Better than I expected. The balance of cinnamon and nutmeg is perfect, a hint of allspice. And some ingredient I can't place. Almost... coppery? But it works.”
― Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
“In the end, I go where I always go when I need information on something baffling, poisonous, or terrifying: the library.”
― How to Build a Girl
― How to Build a Girl
“Ironically, slavery's burdens - all that that she suffered while working with different yet demanding families - turned Harriet into a warrior, a warrior who was ready to slay the dragon of human bondage.”
― She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
― She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
“...have a house without a pie, be ashamed until you die.”
― Kitchens of the Great Midwest
― Kitchens of the Great Midwest
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