Culture

The history of Black culinary arts

Soul food did not begin in the American South. It arrived there. This is the record — origins, migrations, and the cooks who wrote it down.

History

Rice, okra, black-eyed peas and greens did not begin in the American South. They arrived there.

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Six million people left the South. The food went with them, and it changed in every city it landed in.

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Jollof, jambalaya and red rice are the same dish separated by ocean and time.

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The granddaughter of an emancipated man who taught America what Southern food actually was.

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The Queen of Creole Cuisine ran a dining room where the civil rights movement was planned over gumbo.

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