Feb. 2: Author Jessica B. Harris at Geechee Girl Rice Cafe

geecheegirlricecafe.com Tomorrow evening, Geechee Girl Rice Cafe (6825 Germantown Ave.) will be host a collaborative of food and non-fiction. Jessica B. Harris â" the writer and food historian featured in CP's food section this week â" will highlight her new book, High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America, while partnering with Geechee Girl chef Valerie Erwin on a roots-inspired four-course meal. The menu will include recipes from some of Harris' 11 cookbooks, which focus upon the African diaspora and its effect on New World cuisine in Louisiana, Brazil and Puerto Rico, among other places. Look forward to traditional Senegalese Yassa, a famed roasted leg of lamb, and much more. Harris' book will be available for purchase at the dinner. Seats are $55 per person; call Geechee Girl (215-843-8113) for required reservations. UPDATE: Additional menu items include Akara (traditional African black-eyed pea fritters), sugar cane shrimp over warm sweet potato salad, Romaine and orange salad from Harris' Kwanzaa cookbook, sides such as cous cous and braised collard greens, and Geechee's very own lemon pound cake with pecan praline. arlene Posted 2011-02-01 11:39:14

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Feb. 2: Author Jessica B. Harris at Geechee Girl Rice Cafe

POSTED: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 4:17 PM

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Tomorrow evening, Geechee Girl Rice Cafe (6825 Germantown Ave.) will be host a collaborative of food and non-fiction. Jessica B. Harris â the writer and food historian featured in CP's food section this week â will highlight her new book, High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America, while partnering with Geechee Girl chef Valerie Erwin on a roots-inspired four-course meal. The menu will include recipes from some of Harris' 11 cookbooks, which focus upon the African diaspora and its effect on New World cuisine in Louisiana, Brazil and Puerto Rico, among other places. Look forward to traditional Senegalese Yassa, a famed roasted leg of lamb, and much more. Harris' book will be available for purchase at the dinner. Seats are $55 per person; call Geechee Girl (215-843-8113) for required reservations. UPDATE: Additional menu items include Akara (traditional African black-eyed pea fritters), sugar cane shrimp over warm sweet potato salad, Romaine and orange salad from Harris' Kwanzaa cookbook, sides such as cous cous and braised collard greens, and Geechee's very own lemon pound cake with pecan praline.

arlene

Posted 2011-02-01 11:39:14

I wish I lived in Philadelphia. This will surely be a taste treat. I want all of her amazing cookbooks.

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