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Distinguished Culinary Journalist, Toni Tipton-Martin, is Coming to Great Hall

Toni Tipton-Martin is a culinary journalist, author, and community activist who has dedicated her career to building a healthier community. She is the author of The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks, celebrating the important legacy of African American cooks and their cookbooks.

A renowned author, she is the winner of a 2016 James Beard Book Award, the 2016 Art of Eating Prize, and the recipient of a 2015 Certificate of Outstanding Contribution to Publishing from the Black Caucus of the Library Association.

Tipton-Martin was invited twice by First Lady Michelle Obama to the White House and was the first African American Food Editor of The Cleveland Plain Dealer. She was the nutrition writer for The Los Angeles Times and a contributing editor to Heart and Soul Magazine. We hope that you join us when she speaks at Great Hall! A signing of The Jemima Code will follow the lecture.

If you feel like escaping The Briq on 4th Street Apartments in Bentonville, Arkansas for the day, this event is a perfect opportunity to do just that!


Event Time/Date:
Friday, July 27, 2018—7:00 PM

Event Venue Location:
Great Hall
600 Museum Way
Bentonville, Arkansas 72712

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