Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bress ’n’ Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Generation Farmer | 2021 | Matthew Raiford | Buy |
Bress ’n’ Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Generation Farmer was published in 2021 and named an Amazon Book of the Year. Co-authored with Amy Paige Condon, the book draws on recipes passed down through six generations of the Gilliard family on their Georgia farm.
The cookbook covers traditional Gullah Geechee dishes while weaving in the history of the community, whose foodways trace back to West African cooking traditions brought to the coastal Southeast. Raiford’s background as both a farmer and a Culinary Institute of America graduate gives the book a practical grounding that goes beyond nostalgia.