I was over visiting and checking out the current CORA Diversity Roll Call over at the Color Online blog. This week is covering food and memoirs so the first book to come to my mind was a memoir that I read last year. Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love, and Spain by Lori L. Tharps was an intriguing memoir that raises lots of questions about race and identity. It's a coming-of-age tale not only of the author's journey into womanhood but also of her own preconceived notions of what it really means … [Read more...]