Emily Meggett In Conversation with Toni Tipton-Martin!

160 King Street,Charleston SC 29401

01 May, 2022

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Buxton Books is proud to host Ms. Emily Meggett for an in-store conversation with Toni Tipton-Martin! On Sunday, May 1 at 1 pm, Buxton Books is honored to welcome Emily Meggett - the Matriarch of Edisto Island - and Toni Tipton-Martin - author, historian and James Beard Award winner - into the bookstore to celebrate Ms. Emily’s new book, Gullah Geechee Home Cooking, the preeminent Gullah cookbook. At 89 years old, and with more than 50 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Ms. Emily is a respected elder in the Gullah community of South Carolina. She has lived on Edisto Island all her life, and even at her age, still cooks for hundreds of people out of her hallowed home kitchen. This cookbook includes not only delicious and accessible recipes, but also snippets of the Meggett family history on Edisto Island, which stretches back into the 19th century. Rich in both flavor and history, Ms. Emily’s Gullah Geechee Home Cooking is a testament to the syncretism of West African and American cultures that makes her home of Edisto Island so unique. Please join us to witness these two remarkable women in conversation. Guests will have the opportunity to ask questions during a Q&A at the end of the program, mingle with the authors, and sample some bites from Ms. Emily’s cookbook. Each ticket includes one copy of the book, and tickets are EXTREMELY limited, so please purchase yours today!