{"id":914,"date":"2019-04-11T14:20:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T19:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/jewish-studies\/?p=914"},"modified":"2019-05-08T14:44:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T19:44:42","slug":"micheal-twitty-author-of-the-cooking-gene-at-uwm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/jewish-studies\/micheal-twitty-author-of-the-cooking-gene-at-uwm\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Twitty, author of &#8220;The Cooking Gene&#8221;, at UWM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/jewish-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/434\/2019\/04\/Micheal-Twitty.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-7\">Culinary Historian Michael Twitty, author of the award-winning novel &#8220;The Cooking Gene&#8221;, was recently a part of a panel discussion held by the Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies at UWM.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, he will be headed to Africa with a group chefs to learn about African culture. \u201cWe\u2019re going as learners, we\u2019re going as ambassadors,\u201d Twitty said. \u201cWe\u2019re going as people who will hopefully come back with knowledge we can bring back to our respective communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/ct\/entertainment\/dining\/the-love-was-in-the-food-culinary-historian-michael-twitty\/article_a0766ae9-26e8-5052-9b1c-3887336f38a5.html\">Read more &gt;<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culinary Historian Michael Twitty, author of the award-winning novel &#8220;The Cooking Gene&#8221;, was recently a part of a panel discussion held by the Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies at UWM. 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