Celebrate Juneteenth: Favorite recipes from African American cookbook and other celebrated authors

7 Recipes

By Noelle Carter

June 14, 2018

Recipe: Duck and okra gumbo

Duck and okra gumbo

2 hours 55 minutes

Serves 16

Recipe: Creole file gumbo

Creole file gumbo

4 hours

Serves 16

Hominy muffins

40 minutes

Makes 10 muffins (or 30 mini-muffins)

This starts with a pecan pie-like custard base, but instead of going with the more traditional nut, walnuts and raisins fold into the filling. Try it.

Walnut and raisin pie

1 hour 5 minutes

Serves 8 to 10

Recipe: Sliced sweet potato pie

Dr. George Washington Carver's sliced sweet potato pie

2 hours

Serves 8 to 12

Maya.cake--Caramel Cake

Caramel cake

1 hour 20 minutes

Serves 8 to 10

Fried shrimp sandwich with lettuce and tomato

45 minutes

Makes 2 sandwiches

Noelle Carter is the former Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen director. She left in January 2019.

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