{"id":374,"date":"2024-07-20T19:48:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T19:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/?p=374"},"modified":"2025-02-03T19:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T19:52:33","slug":"cant-nobody-make-a-sweet-potato-pie-like-our-mama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/2024\/07\/20\/cant-nobody-make-a-sweet-potato-pie-like-our-mama\/","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t Nobody Make a Sweet Potato Pie Like Our Mama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CAN\u2019T NOBODY MAKE A SWEET POTATO PIE LIKE OUR MAMA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Rose McGee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1997, the movie Soul Food was released, and I went to check it out. It had the family dynamics plus the highs and lows in this multigenerational family; at the end of the movie, I would up leaving the theater hungry due to the mouthwatering display of food served for Sunday dinner at Mama Jo\u2019s house, ready to eat my fill at the nearest soul food buffet restaurant. That being said (please forgive my stomach growling at the thought), I bring to you Rose McGee\u2019s children\u2019s book Can\u2019t Nobody Make a Sweet Potato Pie Like Our Mama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twins Marie and Landon are opposites on so many things, including their interests. They do agree on one thing: their grandmother\u2019s (Mama) sweet potato pie. They already believe she is magical, and they enjoy spending time with her; when it comes to making the pies, Marie and Landon are Mama\u2019s little helpers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the trip to the farmer\u2019s market to prepping the potatoes to making the pie crust, the twins are in competition with each other. The aroma of the finished product, however, permeates the whole neighborhood, as people practically line up for a slice of potato pie, always leaving in a better mood than when they came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Mama shares a story from her childhood about potato pie, the twins learn the secret ingredient of her pies on the ride home with their parents\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McGee and Deanes, through story and illustration, give the reader a facet of life shared by many Black families past and present. Like in Soul Food, breaking bread and the preparation of a meal is also a love language, which is why so many people in the neighborhood felt the comfort of Mama\u2019s potato pies. As the founder of Sweet Potato Comfort Pie, thank you for the recipe at the end!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For her work, McGee received the Planting People Growing Justice Book Award for Social Change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can\u2019t Nobody Make a Sweet Potato Pie like Our Mama is available through Minnesota Historical Society Press, Amazon, and Barnes &amp; Noble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To Golden Valley\u2019s 2017 Citizen of the Year: thank you for the care and love you put into this book. Change occurs one day a time, one person at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAN\u2019T NOBODY MAKE A SWEET POTATO PIE LIKE OUR MAMA By Rose McGee In 1997, the movie Soul Food was released, and I went to check it out. 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