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Dr. Jessica B. Harris\\xa0is the preeminent authority on the culinary culture of the African Diaspora. \\xa0Harris has spent over three decades studying African food and its migration.\\xa0 To understand the rich and complex flavors of African American cuisine requires looking at the culinary cultures of the African continent and the slave trade that brought Africans to America. Harris\\xa0is the author of twelve critically acclaimed cookbooks documenting the foods and foodways of the African Diaspora including\\xa0Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons: Africa\\u2019s Gifts to New World Cooking\\xa0and\\xa0The Welcome Table: African-American Heritage Cooking. Her most recent book is\\xa0My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir. Netflix has just made a series based on Harris\\u2019s seminal book \\u201cHigh on the Hog\\u201d. On May 13, 2021, Harris spoke with chef and author Samin Nosrat, whose book \\u201cSalt, Fat, Acid, Heat\\u201d was also made into a Netflix series.