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Hip-hop comes to the kitchen! Popular rap and hip-hop artists dish out their culinary secrets in this original cookbook, featuring favorite recipes and kitchen skills from Dee Barnes, Biz Markie, MC Breed, Doug E. Fresh, Grandmaster Flash, Heavy D, Kool Moe Dee, Queen Latifah, Ziggy Marley, Nikki D, Rosie Perez, Tip, Tone-Loc, and many more. The creative spirit woven through rap music reverberates in these dishes, many of which celebrate traditional African-American fare and family recipes passed from generation to generation. More than 40 recipes offer options for round-the-clock eating, including egg, fish, meat, and pasta dishes, desserts, and more. Eye-catching photos capture these offbeat culinary improvisers cooking, working, and playing.