Nneka M. Okona

An aerial photograph shows Memorial Hall and Confederate Memorial Carving at Stone Mountain Park on April 20, 2021.

Martin Luther King’s ‘Dream’: Letting freedom ring from Stone Mountain, 60 years later

March 12, 2024 at 11:57 a.m.

I was born in Atlanta during the evening hours on a Friday in late May. Days later, my parents brought me home, home to Stone Mountain. Since then, I've begrudgingly...

Mini curried meat pies from the cookbook "Jubilee" by Toni Tipton-Martin. The pastry includes some curry powder, which imparts color and lends flavor, mirroring the spicing in the filling.

New cookbook ‘Jubilee’ pays tribute to 200 years of African American culinarians and recipes

March 12, 2024 at 12:12 p.m.

When journalist and activist Toni Tipton-Martin amassed close to 400 cookbooks chronicling a culinary history of otherwise forgotten and overlooked African American cooks, chefs and culinary creators, she chronicled her...

This version of Southern mac and cheese comes from Mattie Wilson's book "Sylvia's Family Soul Food Cookbook." She calls for a baking dish, but we also like the results from using a cast-iron skillet.

Rooted in tradition, baked mac and cheese is a fixture in life’s big events

May 31, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

What I know to be true about mac and cheese, the beloved side dish that’s enough on its own to be an entree, is laced with childhood memories of growing...

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