Perspectives S34/Ep23 The Bean Pie: A Remembering of our Family's Faith, Fortitude, and Forgiveness

To know where we’re going, we first need to know where we’ve been. In her new book, The Bean Pie: A Remembering of our Family’s Faith, Fortitude, & Forgiveness, entrepreneur Tiffany Green-Abdullah explores this concept to analyze her ancestral past with her own family. The Bean Pie follows four generations of women in Tiffany’s family: Tiffany, her mother, her 2nd great aunt, and her grandmother. Green-Abdullah shares the lessons she and her family have learned by following the original bean pie recipe created by her 2nd great aunt Daisy—a recipe that has stood the test of time to become a celebrated staple in the homes of Black American Muslims. Green-Abdullah found that she has much in common with her ancestors despite growing up decades apart. She was intrigued by the fact that many of her ancestors went through similar trials and tribulations yet always found their way through.