“My Official” Carolinas’ Sea Islands Gullah Cookbook

About the Book

The Gullah Cookbook highlights the early and present-day popular delectable dishes collected from South and North Carolinians, who were sea islanders and descendants of ex-slaves. In the cookbook, the author highlights history representing ex-slaves.

About the Author

Sharon Kaye Hunt is a freelance writer. She is a registered dietitian. Ms. Hunt is a granddaughter of Mrs. Ida Frazier Hunt, who was a Geechee from Georgia. For her work, Ms. Hunt has done extensive study of slave cooking and the duties of slaves on plantations in several states. Ms. Hunt has written nine cookbooks. Her most famous cookbook is Bread from Heaven. She sold many of the cookbooks on the QVC Home Shopping Network, where she appeared three times. Ms. Hunt was selected as an Artist-in-Residence for the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia. Ms. Hunt created and wrote the original recipe for the world’s largest peach cobbler showcased at the Peach Festival held annually in Fort Valley, Georgia. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she demonstrated her world-famous sweet potato pie at the Georgia on My Plate Celebrity Showcase held in Macon, Georgia. Also, she showcased her world-famous sweet potato pie at a festival held in St. Simon, Georgia, hosted by the historical Lutheran Church. For more than thirty years, Ms. Hunt taught food preparation at two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). She has studied the food preparation methods and menus for all occasions that were popularized on plantations during slavery and food ways of the slaves. Ms. Hunt was the charter president of the Warner Robins Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. in Warner Robins, Georgia. Currently, she is a diamond life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Ms. Hunt cofounded the undergraduate chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. at Oklahoma State University. Ms. Hunt is a charter member of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. Ms. Hunt has BS and MS degrees from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, and she did further study at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. While studying at Kansas State University, she met and learned about the culture of more than three hundred African students who represented various West, South, North and East African countries. Ms. Hunt was a Kellogg Enhancement recipient from University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, and received three funded grants from the Georgia Endowment of Humanities sponsored by Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.