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WINTER 2024 11 seem simple, but the design is deceptively nuanced. Marie played with the alphabets and languages of different cultures, incorporating that into the typography, and focused on unique details with each recipe, like an illustration of the person or people who contributed it. Marie has signed two more book contracts. One is for A Quick and Easy Guide to Healthy Relationships. Due out in late 2025, it's part of a series for kids, focusing on family, friends, and community. The second is what she calls her big debut, a graphic novel, Go Back and Get It, to be published in 2028 by the Random House Children's imprint Make Me A World. With main characters based on Marie and her sister, as well as a bit of magic, she calls it "ancestral fantasy." Cook Like Your Ancestors has been a journey for Marie, one filled with both joys and sorrows. Her beloved grandmother died right before she signed the book's contract. The project was something she'd hoped they could craft together. Instead, it became Marie's way of honoring her, just as she honors ancient cultures—both her own and those of others—through food. Learn more about Cook Like Your Ancestors at www.mariah-rose.com. —Kim Fay WINTER 2024 13 F R A M E X F R A M E deceptively nuanced. Marie played with the alphabets and languages of different cultures, incorporating that into the typography, and focused on unique details with each recipe, like an illustration of the person or people Marie has signed two more book way of honoring her, just as she honors ancient cultures—both her own and those of others—through Cook Like Your www.mariah-rose.com. WINTER 2024 13 in the kitchen. She shares insights about tools, ingredients, and methods, such as measurements using the hand (i.e. a thumb of ginger) and the general patterns found in cooking sauces, soups, stews, and stir fry dishes. To gather recipes, Marie threw out an open call to everyone she knew and on her social media. She had only a few requirements. The recipes had to be naturally vegan or vegetarian, and she wanted to hit as many food regions as possible and showcase as many different cooking styles as she could. Testing recipes challenged her own intuitive skills, since they arrived in many forms, from a simple list of ingredients to instructions fleshed out to the last gram. Working with her editor, she sought consistent recipe instructions that didn't compromise her intuitive approach. She wanted people to trust their gut and not be intimidated. Equally important is the emphasis on ancestral cooking. "My people have been here for the whole span of things, before there was an America," she says. Marie is of mixed Afro-Indigenous American and European heritage. She believes that by connecting with the ingredients one's people used and might still use, you automatically start to open up: "Maybe memories become unlocked," she says, or you bond with a grandparent over something that only came up because of a particular recipe. With its distinct lines and earthy colors, the cookbook's artwork may