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  NPR : Vertamae Grosvenor
Grosvenor was born and raised in the South Carolina low country, where the people and culture are interchangeably called "Geechee" and "Gullah." Her first language was Gullah, a combination of West African languages and English.
Drawing on her knowledge of the low country, Grosvenor was a consultant and writer for "Gullah," a television documentary for the National Geographic Explorer Series.
Currently, Grosvenor is at work on a food folk opera entitled Nyam (Gullah for "to eat"), as well as a cookbook of the same name about Afro-Atlantic cookery.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=2100601   (558 words)

  
 Looking to the future of African-American cuisine
Grosvenor, a storyteller, cookbook author and culinary anthropologist, chose one country a month and studied its customs, fabrics, clothes, art, foods and recipes.
Grosvenor's family is from the Low Country of South Carolina, where as descendants of African slaves, they were known as Gullah, although "we call ourselves `Geechee,' " she said.
Grosvenor wrote the introduction to a new book by Houston playwright Ntozake Shange, a collection of anecdotes, philosophy and recipes from the author of the play for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/food/98/02/04/roots.html   (1345 words)

  
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Vertamae Grosvenor, will be the guest speaker at the South Ocean Beach Hotel and Golf Resort, Lyford Cay, on Sunday February 8, 1998.
Grosvenor was honored with the prestigious James Beard Award for her NPR holiday series, Seasonings, which was recognized as 1995's "Best Radio Show on Food."
Grosvenor is the host of the Public Television Series "The Americas' Family Kitchen with Vertamae Grosvenor".
www.hannaian.com /prverta.html   (293 words)

  
 Vertame Cooks Again   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Vertamae Cooks Again encompasses a multitude of cultures that make up the Americas: the Gullah culture of the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina; the island cultures of Jamaica, Cuba, and Cape Verde; the Creole traditions of New Orleans, and more.
Vertamae Grosvenor lives in Washington, D.C. and is the host of the public television series The Americas' Family Kitchen.
Grosvenor is a regular commentator on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, and the host of Horizons.
www.baybooks.com /bk_vertamae_cooks_again.html   (493 words)

  
 NPR commentator helps show impact of food, culture on American traditions
Grosvenor is the host of the award-winning NPR show, "Seasonings," and the television show, "The Americas' Family Kitchen," which airs nationwide on PBS stations.
Grosvenor's most recent cookbook, "Vertamae Cooks Again: A Taste of Home," is one in a series of cookbooks by the prolific writer whose stories have appeared in "The New York Times," "The Washington Post," "The Village Voice," "Ebony," "Redbook," and others.
Grosvenor also served as an actor and culinary consultant in the recently released movie "Beloved," based on the novel by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison.
www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/2000/march/0322commentator.html   (542 words)

  
 Vertamae Cooks Again - Cooking.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
For this companion cookbook to the second season of her public television show, Vertamae surveys the home foods of the Bahamas, Mexico, Canada, Haiti, and beyond, getting a taste of local cooking from real family cooks.
Vertamae Cooks Again is a celebration of American cooking at its best - straight from the family kitchen.
VERTAMAE GROSVENOR lives in Washington, D.C. and is the host of the public television series The American Family Kitchen.
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 Vertamae Cooks Again   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Subtitled More Recipes from the Americas' Family Kitchen, Vertamae Grosvenor's Vertamae Cooks Again is a companion cookbook to the author's public television show of the same name.
Vertamae Cooks Again is divided into soups, salads, side dishes and breads, entrees, and desserts and beverages.
Vertamae Cooks Again is full of recipes from all over the Americas, with an emphasis on Mexican cuisine.
www.free-recipes.co.uk /recipes-store/091233391X/Vertamae-Cooks-Again.html   (363 words)

  
 Vertamae Cooks. "Vertamae Cooks" is another best seller. This latest book by this best selling author is a companion to ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Grosvenor learned to cook in the South Carolina low country, where the people and the language are interchangeably called Geechee or Gullah.
She is the Narrator and one of the principal writers of the National Public Radio documentary series "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?", which details a personal history of the civil rights movement in five Southern communities and the music of those times.
Grosvenor lives in Washington, D.C., where she enjoys the city's rich mix of cultures and cuisines, and the presence and love of several grandchildren.
www.hannaian.com /vertcook.htm   (736 words)

  
 Vertame Cooks in the America's Family Kitchen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Storyteller, poet, and culinary anthropologist Vertamae Grosvenor opens the secrets of African-Atlantic cooking in a series on PBS.
Take a seat while Vertamae entertains you, teaches you about food and culture, and cooks up scrumptious dishes in her warm, aromatic, and welcoming kitchen.
Vertamae Grosvenor is a regular commentator on NPR's All Things Considered and host of Horizons, a radio forum for long-form documentaries.
www.baybooks.com /bk_vertamae_cooks_american.html   (250 words)

  
 Booklist: Nonfiction--Cookery (v.93)
While the book is not devoid of traditional recipes reminiscent of everyone's real or imaginary grandmother--such as potato salad, barbequed chicken, and macaroni and cheese--South Carolinian Vertamae (she is never referred to by her last name) also offers a variety of dishes from adjacent regions or ones that have influenced her cooking.
From the sublime Brazilian palm-heart soup to the simple spinach and goobers (peanuts) to the sophisticated gullah vegetable paella, every recipe is thoughtfully written, and many are annotated with Vertamae's own historical or anecdotal take on the origin of the recipe.
Vertamae Cooks makes you feel like you know Vertamae and her grandmama, Sula Ritter.
archive.ala.org /booklist/v93/20.html   (2092 words)

  
 Vertamae Cooks in the Americas' Family Kitchen Americas' Family Kitchen Television Program by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
Vertamae put together recipies with Southern style that defy the typical notion of southern cooking.
I enjoyed watching Vertamae's Cooking Show on PBS, trying several of the meals she showcased.
Anyone enjoying southern family style cooking will be delighted by adding these recipes for their dining table pleasures.
www.book-summary-review.com /Vertamae-Cooks-in-the-Americas-Family-Kitchen-Americas-Family-Kitchen-Television-Program-091233388X.htm   (457 words)

  
 NOW with Bill Moyers. Commentary - Vertamae Grosvenor on the Legacy of Langston Hughes | PBS
Commentary - Vertamae Grosvenor on the Legacy of Langston Hughes
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Vertamae Grosvenor on the Legacy of Langston Hughes
www.pbs.org /now/commentary/grosvenor.html   (347 words)

  
 Essence: The Ocoee riot - with introduction by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Essence: The Ocoee riot - with introduction by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
The Ocoee riot - with introduction by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
Depending on who's telling it, Zora Neale Hurston, today probably the most admited of Black women writers, was born in January 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903--or possibly 1891.
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 FAALA 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Among the events planned is an exhibition and sale of Sweetgrass baskets, a performance by nationally recognized singers and storytellers Ron and Natalie Daise, from St. Helena Island; and a discussion with National Public Radio correspondent Vertamae Grosvenor, who was born and raised on the coast.
Bennett-Taylor conducts workshops throughout the South Carolina coastal area and has exhibited her work at the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta, Ga., the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., in San Francisco, Calif., Pittsburgh, Pa., and Tampa, Fla. A selection of Bennett-Taylor's art will be on sale during the exhibition.
National Public Radio cultural correspondent Vertamae Grosvenor returns to her native South Carolina to discuss "Growing Up Gullah" in the Lowcountry.
clemsonews.clemson.edu:16080 /WWW_releases/2001/August2001/FAALA_Celebration.html   (858 words)

  
 Grosvenor, Vertamae - If I Can Cook, You Know God Can Books at Real Groovy New Zealand
Grosvenor, Vertamae - If I Can Cook, You Know God Can Books at Real Groovy New Zealand
By Shange, Ntozake (Author), Grosvenor, Vertamae (Foreword by).
Note: items featured on this website may not be available in our stores.
www.realgroovy.co.nz /books/isbn/0807072419   (455 words)

  
 All Things Considered (NPR) : Happy with Pappy @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
All Things Considered (NPR); June 19, 1998; Vertamae Grosvenor, Linda Wertheimer, Robert Siegel
NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor has this story of a father who lived at home,
VERTAMAE GROSVENOR, NPR REPORTER: At a dinner party when the conversation
static.highbeam.com /a/allthingsconsiderednpr/june191998/happywithpappy   (184 words)

  
 Vertamae Cooks in the Americas` Family Kitchen And Longing
Storyteller, poet, and culinary anthropologist Vertamae Grosvenor displays the pleasures of Afro-Atlantic cooking in this soulful companion to the new PBS series The Americas` Family Kitchen.
Here, as in the series, she shows how African tastes and traditions have influenced the various cuisines of America, acquiring new flavors and ingredients along the way in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
When a European war reporter witnesses a killing, he finds himself drawn to the killer--a North African freedom fighter--and the two embark on an international journey from South America to Tibet.
www.lowcarbalternatives.net /vertamae.htm   (166 words)

  
 SC African-American History Online
To many Americans, she is an author and popular broadcast personality.
To her family, she is affectionately know as "Kuta." The work "Kuta"means "turtle" in Gullah, and it is as an expert in that unique Sea Island culture that Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor has made an outstanding contribution to our awareness of a little understood part of South Carolina's heritage.
Smart-Grosvenor was born a premature twin in the Hampton County area and has always felt that she was very special.
www.scafam-hist.org /currenthonoree.asp?month=4&year=1994   (529 words)

  
 Focus - Listener's Guide - Week 11   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Narrator Vertamae Grosvenor says "The story of civil rights in Atlanta is the saga of how self-interest and self-image advanced and limited racial progress." How did self-interest and self-image advance and limit racial progress in Atlanta?
Narrator Vertamae Grosvenor says, "Independent of white control, these organizations [the Atlanta Negro Voters League and the All Citizen Registration Committee] provided the crucible for a group of ministers, businessmen, and educators--professionals who became the leaders of Atlanta's fl community."
Narrator Vertamae Grosvenor says, "Accommodation and compromise guided the approach of the city's leaders — fl and white." What are some examples of the ways in which the city's leaders used these strategies?
www.unbrokencircle.org /focus_week11.htm   (1914 words)

  
 Morning Edition (NPR): Commentary: Vertamae Grosvenor remembers friends who've passed away this year@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Commentary: Vertamae Grosvenor remembers friends who've passed away this year
New Year's Eve is a good time to evaluate the closing year and to look ahead.
NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor remembers friends who passed away this year.
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 Abebooks Search Results - ... Americas Family Kitchen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
CONDITION NEW COPY, Pages: 192, Storyteller, poet, and culinary anthropologist Vertamae Grosvenor displays the pleasures of Afro-Atlantic cooking in this soulful companion to the new PBS series The Americas' Family Kitchen.
Here, as in the series, she shows how African tastes and traditions have influenced the various cuisines of America, acquiring new flavors and ingredients along the way in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.You'll find more than a hundred mouth-watering, down-home recipes, spiced with Vertamae's anecd.
This is the companion book to the second season of public television's "Vertamae Cooks in the Americas' Family Kitchen", which begins airing in April 1999.
textbook.abebooks.com /Title/2211431/...+Americas+Family+Kitchen.html   (1371 words)

  
 Morning Edition (NPR): Commentary: Tale of George and Martha Washington's cook@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Commentary: Tale of George and Martha Washington's cook
VERTAMAE GROSVENOR: I love a good story, and I have found many in my culinary investigations.
GROSVENOR: Some have been presidential, like our gourmet president, Thomas Jefferson, who's supposed to have invented, according to legend, the dumbwaiter so that the conversations in his dining room, with all the dignitaries, would not be overheard by slaves.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:72564794&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (174 words)

  
 Vertamae Cooks In The Americas Family Kitchen; Author: Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae; Paperback
Vertamae Cooks In The Americas Family Kitchen; Author: Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae; Paperback
Cultural anthropologist Vertamae Grosvenor--host of Horizons, a pubic radio forum for long-form documentaries--serves up fascinating folklore and delectable recipes as she traces the roots of African-American cooking, in this companion volume to The Americas' Family Kitchen, PBS's first cooking show on African-American cuisine.
Prices subject to change to be advised on confirmation of order.
www.netstoreusa.com /cabooks/091/091233388X.shtml   (190 words)

  
 Buy: Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor - Vibration Cooking or The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Buy: Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor - Vibration Cooking or The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor - Vibration Cooking or The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl
Smart-Grosvenor, Verta Mae - Vibration cooking; or the travel notes of a geechee girl.
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 NPR's Morning Edition -- Vertamae Grosvenor's Essay on Langston Hughes
NPR's Morning Edition -- Vertamae Grosvenor's Essay on Langston Hughes
NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor Shares Her Love of Langston Hughes
Celebration of what would have been his 100th birthday today inspired this essay by NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor:
www.npr.org /programs/morning/features/2002/feb/hughes/020201.hughes.html   (502 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Books: Vertamae Cooks Again: More Recipes from Americas Family Kitchen 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Amazon.co.uk: Books: Vertamae Cooks Again: More Recipes from Americas Family Kitchen 2
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 Langston Hughes Poem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
I Dream A World: Langston Hughes Poem From The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, edited by Arnold Rampersad (NewYork: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994), p.
Npr's Morning Edition -- Vertamae Grosvenor's Essay On Langston Hughes The writings of the American poet Langston Hughes reach across generations, cultures and languages.
American Writers: Hughes & Hurston Hughes first came to notice when his poem The Negro Speaks Of Rivers...Hurston attended Howard University and won a scholarship to Barnard College...
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 Vertamae Cooks Again: More Recipes from the Americas' Family Kitchen - SMART-GROSVENOR, VERTAMAE; GROSVENOR, VERTAMAE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Vertamae Cooks Again: More Recipes from the Americas' Family Kitchen - SMART-GROSVENOR, VERTAMAE; GROSVENOR, VERTAMAE
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 Vertamae Cooks Again - Compare Prices at Online Stores at BizRate
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 Cooking with Blackbookshelf.com!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Blended with recipes representing "low south" African American cooking is a sweet mix of history, anthropology, and storytelling that come together to create a tasty treat for the most modest of...
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, The New York Times Book Review
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