Hibiscus Tea: A Drink for Independence

Toni Tipton-Martin will prepare a recipe of Sorrel (Hibiscus) Tea from her book Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking (Clarkson-Potter, 2019). She will describe the history of the drink in Jamaica and its cultural meaning as the unofficial beverage of Juneteenth, the celebration of emancipation from slavery in Texas, which took place on June 19, 1865—more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had gone into effect in the rest of the nation.

Presenter: Toni Tipton-Martin, award-winning author and food journalist, and recipient of the 2021 Julia Child Award

Hosts: Jessica Carbone, PhD, Food historian and contributing editor to SAVEUR and Joanne Hyppolite, PhD, Supervisory Curator of the African Diaspora, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Book signing: Following the presentation, Toni Tipton-Martin will sign copies of her books.

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