'Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts' tells Black Appalachian stories through food

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We revisit host Celeste Headlee’s February conversation with former Kentucky Poet-Laureate Crystal Wilkinson. Wilkinson’s book “Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks” is both a family memoir and a cookbook.

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