《埃迪斯托岛女族长》中的第一本主要古拉-吉奇烹饪书，提供美味的食谱和一个被忽视的美国社区的历史古拉和吉奇人的历史可以追溯到几个世纪前，当这个社区被奴役时，由于他们位于南卡罗来纳州和乔治亚州沿海的海岛上，他们在历史上与南方其他地区隔绝。今天，这个低地社区代表着与他们的西非祖先的传统文化、语言和饮食方式最直接的生活联系。
埃迪斯托岛女族长艾米莉·梅格特（Emily Meggett）所著的《古拉·吉奇家庭烹饪》（Gullah Geechee Home Cooking）是一本杰出的古拉烹饪书。梅格特现年87岁，有50多名孙子和曾孙，是南卡罗来纳州古拉社区受人尊敬的长者。她在岛上生活了一辈子，甚至在她这个年纪，仍然在她神圣的家庭厨房里为数百人做饭。她的房子是任何对古拉吉奇食物感兴趣的人朝圣的地方。梅吉特的古拉食物丰富可口，但它也往往比其他类型的南方烹饪更清淡、更有季节性。传家宝米饭、新鲜捕获的海鲜、当地野味和蔬菜是她制作炸牡蛎、羽衣甘蓝和石磨砂等地方美食的关键。这本食谱不仅包括美味易得的食谱，还包括埃迪斯托岛上梅吉特家族的历史片段，可以追溯到19世纪。梅格特的古拉·吉奇家常菜既有丰富的风味，又有悠久的历史，这证明了西非和美国文化的融合，使她的埃迪斯托岛之家如此独特。
Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Matriarch of Edisto Island
The first major Gullah Geechee cookbook from “the matriarch of Edisto Island,” who provides delicious recipes and the history of an overlooked American community The history of the Gullah and Geechee people stretches back centuries, when enslaved members of this community were historically isolated from the rest of the South because of their location on the Sea Islands of coastal South Carolina and Georgia. Today, this Lowcountry community represents the most direct living link to the traditional culture, language, and foodways of their West African ancestors.
Gullah Geechee Home Cooking , written by Emily Meggett, the matriarch of Edisto Island, is the preeminent Gullah cookbook. At 87 years old, and with more than 50 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Meggett is a respected elder in the Gullah community of South Carolina. She has lived on the island all her life, and even at her age, still cooks for hundreds of people out of her hallowed home kitchen. Her house is a place of pilgrimage for anyone with an interest in Gullah Geechee food. Meggett’s Gullah food is rich and flavorful, though it is also often lighter and more seasonal than other types of Southern cooking. Heirloom rice, fresh-caught seafood, local game, and vegetables are key to her recipes for regional delicacies like fried oysters, collard greens, and stone-ground grits. This cookbook includes not only delicious and accessible recipes, but also snippets of the Meggett family history on Edisto Island, which stretches back into the 19th century. Rich in both flavor and history, Meggett’s Gullah Geechee Home Cooking is a testament to the syncretism of West African and American cultures that makes her home of Edisto Island so unique.
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