Sallie Ann Robinson is an American cookbook author, celebrity chef, and cultural historian. A native of Daufuskie Island,

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, she is noted for her knowledge of

Gullah The Gullah () are a subgroup of the African Americans, African American ethnic group, who predominantly live in the South Carolina Lowcountry, Lowcountry region of the U.S. states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida within ...

traditions and history.

Early life

Robinson was born on Daufuskie Island before natives began selling their ancestral land to private corporations and individuals in the 1960s and began moving inland to surrounding areas in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and elsewhere. While she is an author in her own right, Robinson's literary debut actually came as the character named Ethel in

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’s classic memoir, '' The Water Is Wide''. She was among the students Conroy taught on Daufuskie Island and maintained a friendship with the author as an adult. Before Conroy's death in 2016, the two sometimes made joint appearances at literary events. Members of Robinson's family are also featured in ''Daufuskie Island, A Photographic Essay'' by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe. Robinson now runs a tour company on Daufuskie Island and offers Gullah perspective on the island.

Published works

Robinson's published titles have been acclaimed for the author's mixture of authentic Gullah recipes, home remedies, folklore, memoir, and documentation of the Gullah dialect spoken by island natives.''Pathfinders Travel Magazine'', "Sallie Ann Robinson Cooking Daufuskie Way" 2004 To date, they include the following: *''Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way'' (, University of North Carolina Press, 2003) *''Cooking the Gullah Way, Morning, Noon, and Night'' (, University of North Carolina Press, 2007) *''Sallie Ann Robinson's Kitchen from the Lowcountry and Family Lore'' (, University of Florida 2019 *'' Image of America DAUFUSKIE ISLAND'' ( 2019

References

External links

Cooking & Living the Daufuskie Gullah Way with Sallie Robinson

* https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/sallie-ann-robinson * http://www.sallieannrobinson.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Sallie Ann African-American women writers American chefs American cookbook writers American food writers Food Network chefs Living people American women food writers American women non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women