Jessica B. Harris | |
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| Born | March 18, 1948 Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College Queens College, City University of New York New York University |
| Genre | Nonfiction, memoir |
| Subject | Culinary history, personal history, New York City, the 1970s and 1980s, African diaspora |
| Notable works | High on the Hog (2011) |
| Notable awards | James Beard Award |
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Jessica B. Harris (born March 18, 1948)[1] is an American culinary historian, college professor, cookbook author and journalist.[2] She is professor emerita at Queens College, City University of New York, where she taught for 50 years, and is also the author of 15 books, including cookbooks, non-fiction food writing and memoir. She has twice won James Beard Foundation Awards, including for Lifetime Achievement in 2020, and her book High on the Hog was adapted in 2021 as a four-part Netflix series by the same name.
- ^ Damian Mosley, Interview with Jessica B. Harris Archived 2015-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, SFA Founders Oral History Project, December 28, 2005.
- ^ "Literary Works and Beyond by Jessica B. Harris". July 27, 2021.