My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef

My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef by James Beard Award–winning chef, restaurateur, and author Kwame Onwuachi, co-written with Joshua David Stein, is a vibrant and deeply personal cookbook that redefines American cuisine through the lens of the African diaspora and Kwame’s own multicultural journey. Drawing from his Nigerian heritage, Caribbean roots, Southern influences, and upbringing in the Bronx, the book explores how migration, history, and identity shape the foods that become part of America’s culinary story. Filled with more than 125 recipes, family memories, and cultural reflections, My America serves as both a celebration of diasporic food traditions and a powerful reimagining of what American cooking truly represents.