Kamis, 27 Agustus 2009

Grandma and Corn Bread

Grandma and Corn Bread Photo of Luesta Duers the gracious matriarch on my mother’s side and my maternal grandmother. Migrated to New York from Windsor, North Car...

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Kamis, 17 Desember 2009

Mexican Corn Bread on Christmas Morning

Mexican Corn Bread on Christmas Morning Most children associate Christmas with toys. I did too, but I also associated Christmas with the food I ate at my grandmother’s house in the...

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Minggu, 18 April 2010

Sopping Molasses Gravy

Sopping Molasses Gravy All the essentials for a great breakfast minus the corn bread for sopping. Corn bread recipe below During the antebellum period, in the suga...

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Jumat, 07 Mei 2010

Gardening and Cooking Carribean Style With Cassava

Gardening and Cooking  Carribean Style With Cassava Photo above of cassava, raw, steamed, like fried potatoes, and as bread. bottom image of a women pounding cassava, Jamaica, 1808-1816, cas...

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Rabu, 06 Oktober 2010

Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: The People of Maize

Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: The People of Maize Mexican corn bread, recipe below Don’t know if you have noticed, but spicy foods are in these days. Mexican food I can tell you f...

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Minggu, 10 Januari 2010

Martin Luther King and Southern Food: Feeding the Preacher

Martin Luther King  and Southern Food: Feeding the Preacher Martin Luther King's (MLK) Birthday is right around the corner, so I have him on my mind. For me MLK, the black church, Atlanta, and Mo...

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Minggu, 07 November 2010

Spicy Hot Food Series: Part 4 Hot Is A Relative Term

Spicy Hot Food Series: Part 4 Hot Is A Relative Term Bhindi Do Pyaza (spicy okra with onions), recipe below One of my wife’s good friends has deep roots in Alabama including an under gradu...

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Rabu, 06 Januari 2010

It Still Christmas: Feast of the Three Kings

It Still Christmas: Feast of the Three Kings Three Kings bread, recipes below You’ve heard the song the Twelve Days of Christmas. But, what does that actually mean? Most folks celebra...

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Jumat, 11 Juni 2010

Fish as Soul Food in Colonial Lima, Peru

Fish as Soul Food in Colonial Lima, Peru Caigua con Relleno de Pescado (Fish-Stuffed Caigua), recipe below In 1735, the Spaniard Jorge Juan Antonio De Ulloa, tell us tha...

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