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Question: Are the any books(fiction or non-fiction) with a black female chef as the main character!?
even autobiographies!.
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"All My Tomorrows" by Rochelle Alers
http://www!.amazon!.com/All-Tomorrows-Arab!.!.!.
"Lydia meets Kennedy as she arrives to serve as the chef for a summer camp for disadvantaged children from urban environments!. She has come to this position after walking away from a position as an assistant chef in a thriving, well regarded restaurant after being passed over from promotions one too many times!. Lydia has been hurt by unfulfilled love in the past and comes to the company to focus on her potential for opening her own restaurant and with no thoughts of looking for love!. This all changes on the very first day at camp when she meets her cabin neighbor and camp sports director Kennedy!."

"Dancing on the Edge of the Roof" by Sheila Williams
http://www!.amazon!.com/Dancing-Edge-Roof-!.!.!.
"Williams has written a delightful debut about a 42-year-old African American woman, Juanita Louis, who is fed up with her life in Columbus, Ohio!. Her oldest son is in jail, her middle son is a drug dealer, and her daughter is the mother of a 13-month-old girl, Teishia!. When Juanita begins reading romance novels, she longs for another life that just might include some of the reverie she discovered in those stories!. Juanita quits her job, leaves her children, and buys a one-way bus ticket to Paper Moon, Montana!. Her new adventure begins after she enters the local diner only to learn the breakfast she craves is not on the menu!. Juanita takes over the kitchen, and soon everyone in the town is requesting her home cooking and she is employed and at peace!. Juanita only meant to pass through Paper Moon on her journey to excitement!. Yet, to her surprise, she found romance and love in that small town just like she had set out to discover;"

"Out of the Frying Pan by Gillian Clark
http://januarymagazine!.com/biography/out!.!.!.
" Chef's Memoir of Hot Kitchens, Single Motherhood, and the Family Meal"Www@QuestionHome@Com

Do cookbooks count!?

There's Delilah's Everyday Soul by Delilah Winder!. I think she tells her story in it as well as giving her recipes!.
http://www!.delilahwinder!.com/

Patti Labelle, the singer and restauranteur, also has several cookbooks out, such as Labelle Cuisine: Recipes to Sing About!. Her story is in an anthology, Souls of My Sisters: Black Women Break Their Silence, Tell Their Stories, and Heal Their Spirits by Dawn Marie Daniels

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There's one called "Sister Noon" which is based on a real story!.Www@QuestionHome@Com