Soul Food With a Touch of Essence

The purpose of this cookbook is to help our teens and young adults to build a strong foundation in cooking (survival skills). This all came about when one day, I asked my mother about a recipe she cooked a long time ago. (She''s now ninety-four, still cooking and baking.)

She looks at me and say, "Baby, let me think a little, and I might bring it back."

This is when I decided to put all our recipes ...