Dive into the history of Caribbean cookbooks with Keja Valens, author of Culinary Colonialism, Caribbean Cookbooks, and Recipes for National Independence.

In this encore episode Keja Valens, Professor of English at Salem State University and author of 'Culinary Colonialism, Caribbean Cookbooks, and Recipes for National Independence' discusses creolization, early cookbook authors, and the cultural significance of historical cookbooks in the Caribbean. Keja shares insights from her academic research highlighting how colonialism shaped and transformed Caribbean food and culture.

About Keja Valens

Keja Valens is Professor of English at Salem State University. She teaches and writes on

Caribbean literatures, literatures of the Americas, queer theory, and food writing. Her recent

publications inc ...