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RECIPE: Creole Shrimp (from Gullah Geechee Home Cooking by Emily Meggett)

In South Louisiana, many dishes use what’s called the “holy trinity.” The holy trinity—onion, bell pepper, and celery—is a big part of Cajun cuisine and Louisiana creole cooking. My creole shrimp use this holy trinity, and like many creole dishes, the herb smell that fills the kitchen during cooking is just as wonderful as the taste of the shrimp once they reach the plate. The bacon adds a rich, crispy texture, while the tomatoes serve as the fresh base for this wonderful sauce. Shrimp cooks quickly, so be careful to sauté only until pink. Serve creole shrimp over a bed of white rice.

Serves: 4 to 6

5 slices bacon

1 large onion, finely chopped

1 bell pepper, finely chopped

1 cup (100 g) diced celery

2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

10 small tomatoes (2 pounds/910 g), peeled and diced

2 teaspoons sugar

¼ cup (½ stick/55 g) unsalted butter

2 pounds (910 g) shrimp, peeled and deveined

Seasoning salt, preferably

Gold Medal, to taste

Cooked long-grain white rice, for serving

In a 10-inch (25 cm) cast-iron skillet, cook the bacon over medium-high heat until crisp. Remove from the heat and let cool. Cut the cooled bacon into small pieces. Set aside.

In the skillet, cook the onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic, tomatoes, and sugar for at least 1½ hours over low heat. This mixture needs to “cook down,” which means that the sauce needs to thicken and shrink. The consistency should be a thick sauce, similar to a spaghetti sauce.

About 5 minutes before the mixture finishes cooking, melt the butter in a small skillet. Add the shrimp and cook over medium heat until pink, 1 to 2 minutes.

Drain the shrimp. Add the shrimp and cooked bacon to the tomato mixture. Add Gold Medal seasoning salt. Taste, and add more as needed. Stir, and serve over white rice.

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This is the first major Gullah Geechee cookbook: Emily Meggett, the matriarch of Edisto Island, shares the recipes and the history of an essential American community

The history of the Gullah and Geechee people stretches back centuries, when enslaved members of this community were historically isolated from the rest of the South because of their location on the Sea Islands of coastal South Carolina and Georgia. Today, this Lowcountry community represents the most direct living link to the traditional culture, language, and foodways of their West African ancestors.

Gullah Geechee Home Cooking, written by Emily Meggett, the matriarch of Edisto Island, is the preeminent Gullah cookbook. At 89 years old, and with more than 50 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Meggett is a respected elder in the Gullah community of South Carolina. She has lived on the island all her life, and even at her age, still cooks for hundreds of people out of her hallowed home kitchen. Her house is a place of pilgrimage for anyone with an interest in Gullah Geechee food. Meggett’s Gullah food is rich and flavorful, though it is also often lighter and more seasonal than other types of Southern cooking. Heirloom rice, fresh-caught seafood, local game, and vegetables are key to her recipes for regional delicacies like fried oysters, collard greens, and stone-ground grits. This cookbook includes not only delicious and accessible recipes, but also snippets of the Meggett family history on Edisto Island, which stretches back into the 19th century. Rich in both flavor and history, Meggett’s Gullah Geechee Home Cooking is a testament to the syncretism of West African and American cultures that makes her home of Edisto Island so unique.

For more information, click here.

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[beyondpublishingcaribbean]

Repost from @johnjenningsart , curator of Abrams Megascope Books. Look at the amazing art of our very own Tristan Roach for The Last Count of Monte Cristo written by Ayize Jama-Everett. PRE-ORDER TODAY @abramsbooks website, Amazon or anywhere great books are sold! #graphicnovel #afrofuturism #marvel #megascopebooks #abramsbooks #caribbeancomics #bajan #barbados #caribbeanart (at Montecristo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-psbWgjC-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[robbialy]

From • @pandrogyne “Genesis…It’s a place where you can start to create your own world, your own universe, and populate it with your choices. So, I decided I actually liked it as a name and started to use it all the time.” - Nonbinary: A Memoir 📷@caitcronenberg #genesisporridge #throbbinggristle #psychictv #ptv #nonbinary #topy #topi #abramsbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf_GrkZDqfJ5yVUMaGkoD5Dc-BrHWSiMapzx5w0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[thoughtsmillionaire]

Tips For Creating An Effective Christmas Activity Book

Are you looking to create a Christmas book that will bring joy to your family this holiday season? If so, then you’ve come to the right place! With the right tips and tricks, you can create an effective and fun Christmas book that your family can enjoy for years to come. In this blog post, we’ll discuss seven tips for creating an effective Christmas book of activities for the whole family. Whether it’s a book of puzzles, coloring pages, recipes, or games, your family will love having a special Christmas book to enjoy during the holidays.

Do you want to learn the BEST way to create Christmas Book click below

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[eugenelacroix]

Reposted from @albertwatsonphotography Albert Watson photograph “Charlotte Flossaut in Christian Lacroix, Paris, 1988,” outtake from a shoot for Vogue Italy and featured in Albert’s book “UFO: Unified Fashion Objectives” (Abrams/Blackwell, 2010). @vogueitalia #vogueitalia #vogue @christianlacroixmaison #christanlacroix @lacroixofficiel @chaflossup #charlotteflossaut #blackandwhitephoto #blackandwhitephotography @vintagefashion #vintagefashion @mastersof.photography #mastersofphotography #fashionphotography @retrofashionphotography @vintage_vogue @abramsbooks #abramsbooks#eugenelacroix1 @eugenelacroix1 #photography https://www.instagram.com/p/CkdUHQ9Ils2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[kenpiercemedia]

Some #latergram scenes from the recent #newyorkcomiccon at the #javitscenter - here's #abramsbooks and some awesome reads - #medialife w #piercingmetal #kenpiercemedia (at Javits Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkEhni_pHaK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[ryanmaniulit]

One thing about me is I love a promotional poster...

✦ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 ✦ coming fall 2025 @abramsbooks

#the grey and the gallant #tgatg #merek wyld #eliot staros #emeline adela #i have SO much to post about this book hehe

[incidentalcomics]

The Year in Review: The Art of Living

This year my third book of comics was published by @abramsbooks. It's an exploration of mindfulness, overthinking, and all the mental states in between. A big part of my creative process is locking myself in a quiet room to be alone with my thoughts, so this page is always relevant! 

#comics #mindfulness #The art of living

[brianbritigan]

Received my advance copies of “Always Matt” from @abramsbooks a little while back, can’t wait to have this beautiful book out in the world later this month!!

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[sistahscifi]

Join Diana Ma, author of Heiress Apparently, at Portland's inaugural BIPOC Children's Book Fair!!!!!!

Portland's BIPOC Children's Book Fair

12.23.23 12:00pm - 4:00pm PST

📍111 Northeast 11th Avenue Portland, OR 97232

Come explore a room FULL of books from popular genres including mystery, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, humor, graphic novels, contemporary, romance, non-fiction, and more!

🖤 All the books available at Portland's BIPOC Children's Book Fair are written by Black, Indigenous/Native, Asian, Latine, Middle Eastern, and other authors of color, featuring characters of color.

🖤 ALL children of ALL backgrounds are welcome at the Fair. No matter their identity, kids will find stories that resonate with them.

🖤 Every single child attending the fair will receive one free book* of their choosing while supplies last!🤩 Tickets cost $5 for each adult and child 3 years or older. If you'd like to attend the Fair but can't afford this price, fill out the form in the link on the eventbrite page, and they'll send you free tickets for your family.

🖤 Attendees will have the opportunity to meet their favorite authors, including Nisi Shawl! Nisi Shawl will be signing copies of the middle grade ghost-infused fantasy "Speculation."

**Please note: All attendees must wear a mask over their nose and mouth at all times. Get your tickets here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bipoc-book-fair-tickets-720319213157?aff=oddtdtcreator

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[horizon-verizon]

The idea of Bridgerton/Queen Charlotte horrifies me. Why are Black and South Asian people being depicted as the historical figures who colonized them, enslaved them, and genocided them or depicted in romances with them ? Just so unserious, they had these dark-skinned Indian girls being considered as legitimate wives for these highborn British men and I’m like in what world ??? A Black queen at the time Britain colonized most of the world and was committing crimes against humanity ??? On some level, I can understand why people of color enjoy these shows but I can’t detangle it from the blatant historical revisionism and the utter whitewashing of colonial legacy.

I never read them as full stories, but the books are not so (descriptions of characters I quickly perused). All the characters are white and European. I would have preferred this.

Still, it was a deliberate choice to do blind color casting and historical revisionism for the sake of including and centering PoCs in American TV, not necessarily because of an altruistic gail so much as this is the demand from audiences and there's money to be made from it.

The show (in-world but more BTS, in the larger American society) definitely encourages and sets up race as more become a commodity to sell that something to really confront or acknowledge as a sociopolitical/economic force of discrimination that defines the parameters of real people. Maybe not race exactly so much as making the acknowledgement of race the commodity or whatever we call the ring which makes a thing more materially valuable. Race becomes more of a decoration, I think I can say, too.

I mean they basically said the solution of all solutions for the end of racism was having a black person be the head (or intimate with) of the government....meanwhile Barack Obama was elected and racism still very much exists.

Anon, what you say in particular about Indian girls being considered legitimate wives of British men reminds me of the withdrawn brideofires' Twitter post (they are "daughter of death" there) about the same franchise. I tend to agree, yet I find myself watching the Charlotte mini story when I wanted to see what the duss was about and awaiting my Dune books and reluctantly enjoying myself. The only Brigderton story I ever independent watched (the others I watched through reactors bc I didn't want to spend money) and finally got my Netflix up (she protests too much, i know).

Point is, as a PoC myself (black), this franchise discomfited me from the start yet I watched one installment and overall liked it apart from the attempts to incorporate race only to give it the needed approach. I think that PoCs who like Bridgerton or are obsessed either do not keep the history close to their memory or that they prioritize the modern media acts of centering (or getting close to that) PoC characters in order to set up more appearances of PoC actors and characters and BTS people. Perhaps these two things inform each other, sometimes maybe not (grip to group, person to person).

I'm sure you're already aware of that, though, since you refer to it. I wish to "explain" why PoCs leave behind or set aside the colonial history and specific, harrowing events. I myself was able to enjoy it only after shoving aside all those memories or reading about colonial, dehumanizing actions against PoC societies. And then thinking about it after finishing the show. But I don't think we should continue writing like this because of the capitalist and racist implications and effects on society for the precedented literal apathy for colonialism (that's already happening, but why reaffirm it?). We don't actually need a Bridgerton or a Black Queen Charlotte. There are actually so many PoC fantasy/sci-fi books to adapt shows from, those written by and about PoC people. TV writers and or producers should head on over to AbramsBooks (the publishing house) to select those stories. There's your fantasy and actual centering of PoC people. Great place to start. Looking for a series adaptation?--look at Tomi Adeyemi's Legacy of Orisha series. One story that could be broken up to two?: Denise Crittenden's Where it Rains on Color. Reni K. Amayo's duology The Return of Earth Mother is guaranteed to draw in both black and white audiences (because that's what these producers are mainly thinking about, rake in more cash), plus literally every other person fed up with white stories and the dominance of white fantasy in TV.

I am waiting to see now if the 3rd season of Bridgerton will be as focused on "explaining" the widespread and untroubled presence of aristocratic and PoCs, but as soon as they made PoC aristocrats especially with the story of a black woman as Queen fixing race Bridgerton became ethically unsalvageable.

#not asoiaf #queen charlotte tv #bridgerton

[abramsbooks]

RECIPE: Arugula and Toasted Pine Nut Pesto (from Pasta Veloce by Frances Mayes and Susan Wyler)

Makes about 1½ cups (360 ml)

Ingredients

5 ounces (140 g) baby arugula

⅓ cup (80 ml) extra-virgin olive oil

½ cup (70 g) pine nuts

2 cloves garlic, crushed through a press

½ teaspoon crushed hot red pepper

½ cup (50 g) grated pecorino Romano

⅔ cup (160 ml) pasta water, or more if needed

Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper

Put the arugula in a blender or food processor. In a small heavy saucepan, warm the olive oil over medium heat. Add the nuts, reduce the heat to low, and toast until they are very light brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour the nuts and hot oil over the arugula.

Add the garlic and hot pepper. Pulse to a coarse puree. Mix in the cheese. Add the pasta water and puree to a saucy consistency. Season with salt and black pepper.

From the famed author of Under the Tuscan Sun, the most delicious Tuscan pasta recipes that can be made in the time it takes to boil water and for the pasta to cook

Frances Mayes is known for transporting readers to the charming Italian countryside in her bestselling books. In Pasta Veloce, Mayes brings that irresistible Italian flavor right to your home with 100 of her favorite pasta recipes. These well-loved recipes blend traditional Italian technique with magic from the Mayes and Wyler home kitchens where experiments are always in progress.

Pasta is the most versatile food on Earth. And if you do it right: fast! Pasta Veloce offers a multitude of under-30-minute, luscious recipes, all accompanied by Mayes’s evocative text. While there are numerous pasta cookbooks, few feature a true Italophile’s passion and eye for detail that can get a dish to the table in, as Mayes describes, “the time it takes to boil water.” From a Tagliatelle with Duck Confit, Chestnuts, and Coffee Reduction to a glittering Capellini with Golden Caviar to the perfect vodka sauce, Pasta Veloce is your guide on those nights when you’re ready to skip the whole production of it but still want to eat like royalty in a rustic Italian village.

For more information, click here.

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[beyondpublishingcaribbean]

BACK IN STOCK! In Beautiful Barbados? Visit the @barbadosmuseum gift shop and get your copy of HARDEARS published by @abramsbooks today! This thrilling 208 page graphic novel is sure to stimulate the mind as you satisfy your eyes with this visual feast. HARDEARS is writted by Matthew Clarke ( @mixchemist ) & Nigel Lynch ( @piratemonkeys76 ) and illustrated as well by Clarke. #graphicnovel #megascopebooks #beyondpublishingcaribbean #abrams #abramsbooks #comicstore #bookstore #barbados #historicbridgetown #garrisonbarbados #bajan #bajanart #barbadosculture #cropover #graphicnovel #visitbarbados #caribbean #caribbeanart https://www.instagram.com/p/CiSTxeKgcgC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[robbialy]

From • @pandrogyne “We don’t believe in any either/or maps of reality or behaviour. Never have. Improvising, exploration, pressing one’s own limits — that’s how we discover what might really be going on. Cut-up everything. Body, mind, flesh, identity — relentlessly break and short-circuit any form of control you can reveal or locate.” - Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, “Non-binary: A Memoir” (p.274) 📷 DM with info #genesisporridge #nonbinary #pandrogyne #throbbinggristle #psychictv #topy #topi #ptv #pride #abramsbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CfrpgtODgXKpNiMG5lRKurihld1YBFAWYtH-1w0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[comicsmachine]

Here’s the official catalog solicitation for “my” HERE COMES CHARLIE BROWN! A PEANUTS POP-UP (edited by Charles Kochman) in the Spring 2024 @abramsbooks catalog. From my perspective as a first-time book-maker (non-academic, non-self-published comics category), working with Charlie and the Abrams team, as well as with Peanuts Worldwide LLC and @chipkidd, has taught me soooo much. Let's all do it again soon!

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[eugenelacroix]

Reposted from @albertwatsonphotography Albert Watson photograph “Christy Turlington with Diamond Brooch, New York City, 1987,” from a shoot for De Beers and also featured in Albert’s book “UFO: Unified Fashion Objectives” (Abrams/Blackwell, 2010). @cturlington #christyturlington @debeersofficial #debeers @mastersof.photography #mastersofphotography @abramsbooks #abramsbooks #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto #diamonds #supermodel#eugenelacroix1 @eugenelacroix1 #photography https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc7raokI-Fx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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