We’re raffling off three signed copies of Tanya Holland’s California Soul to support relief efforts for communities impacted by the fires in LA. We’ll donate to Mutual Aid LA Network (MALAN) after the raffle closes on February 5. Tickets are $10 — if you’d like to give more, purchase multiple tickets to increase your chances.
Read more about MALAN and California Soul, which is a love letter to Black Californians in so many ways, below. Copies will ship in February 📦📚🤎
Please note raffle ticket purchases are not tax-deductible — thank you for supporting!
Value: $35
More about MALAN: As a mutual aid network, our primary goal is to use our reach and funds to support smaller, local mutual aid efforts across the city who are doing direct, on-the-ground work. MALAN has very small operating costs, so the vast majority of donations go directly to funding those small, local efforts such as the ones you can see us boost on our Instagram or in our Group Directory who are already plugged in and providing survival supplies and essential services to their neighborhoods. We also purchase survival supplies such as water, food, masks, hygiene supplies, and other essentials and distribute those directly to people across LA as well.
More about Tanya Holland's California Soul: Through more than 80 seasonally inspired recipes, Tanya Holland’s California Soul showcases modern soul food from the acclaimed chef of Brown Sugar Kitchen and host of Tanya’s Kitchen Table. Tanya’s inventive cuisine—rooted in a Black Southern cultural repertoire with a twenty-first-century sensibility using local, sustainable, chef-driven, seasonal ingredients—is showcased in recipes for every season, such as Collard Green Tabbouleh, Zucchini–Scallion Waffles with Toasted Pecan Romesco, Grilled Shrimp and Corn with Avocado White BBQ Sauce, Fried Chicken Paillards with Arugula and Pea Shoots Salad, Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake, and Honey Lavender Chess Pie.
The recipes—influenced by the historical migration of African American families, including Tanya’s own—reveal the key ingredients, techniques, and traditions that African Americans brought with them as they left the South for California, creating a beloved version of soul food. Beyond recipes, Tanya spotlights fifteen contemporary Black Californian foodmakers—farmers, coffee roasters, and other talented artisans—whose work help defines California soul food, with stunning portraiture and stories. Filtered through the rich history of African American migration that brought her own family from the Deep South to the West Coast, Tanya’s recipes are as comforting and delicious as they are steeped in history.