By the time he was 27 years old, Kwame Onwuachi had opened - and closed - one of the most talked-about restaurants in America. He had launched his own catering company with $20,000 that he made from selling candy on the subway, yet he'd been told he would never make it on television because his cooking wasn't "Southern" enough. In this inspiring memoir about the intersection of race, fame, and food, he shares the remarkable story of his culinary coming-of-age....

"A narrative cookbook with 100 Amish Soul Food recipes"-- Scott celebrates a vastly under-explored foodway in the African diaspora: Amish soul food. In telling the story of his family over seven generations, he pays tribute to those who came before him by sharing dishes born of a unique blend of Southern, German, and Dutch cuisines. -- adapted from inside front cover