Soul food : the surprising story of an American cuisine, one plate at a time /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Adrian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • What is soul food?
  • West Africa: the culinary source
  • From southern to soul
  • Fried chicken and the integration of church and plate
  • Catfish and other double swimmers
  • Chitlins: a love story
  • Black-eyed peas: what's luck got to do it?
  • How did macaroni and cheese get so black?
  • Sometimes I feel like motherless greens
  • Candied yams: West African in name, but not in taste
  • Cornbread: drop it like it's hot bread!
  • Hot sauce: the best medicine ever?
  • What's sweet, red, and drunk from a jelly jar? hint: liquid soul!
  • Give me some sugar: the glory of soul food desserts
  • Whither soul food?