Gladys Knight and Georgia Fried Pies

Fried pies, recipes below A native of Atlanta Georgia born in 1944, Gladys Knight provides interesting culinary insights into Georgia foodwa...

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Gladys Knight’s Soul Food DNA

Corn off the cob, recipe below As part of black history month I’ve been doing post on black folk who have made history in one field or anoth...

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Alex Haley and Another Look at Mande Foodways

Kibbeh balls, recipe below Writer Alex Haley was born in Ithaca, New York but his family had roots in the small town of Henning, Tennessee...

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Dick Gregory's Mentor Dr. Alvenia M. Fulton

Comedian and activist Dick Gregory first met Dr. Alvenia M. Fulton during his 1967 campaign for mayor of Chicago against the incumbent, Rich...

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“Struttin” With Mardi Gras Music and Food

We are in Mardi Gras season folks so let stay with that historical and culinary theme. When I think of New Orleans two things immediately co...

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New Orleans and Gumbo History on Fat Tuesday

I decided to turn my attention to culinary history of New Orleans today in honor of Fat Tuesday and the start of Mardi Gras. As part of the ...

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Dr. Alvenia Fulton: Look What's Cooking on the South Side of Chicago

Vegetarian chili and corn bread, recipes below In 1958 Dr. Alvenia Moody Fulton, a migrant from Pulaski, Tennessee, became founder and direc...

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Maya Angelou and Depression Era Missouri and Arkansas

Chicken and Peanut Stew, traditional and vegan translation of the recipe below During the Depression poet Maya Angelou, born in 1928 in St....

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Nina Simone and North Carolina Cookery

Brown betty and ice cream, recipe below African American singer, composer, and civil rights activist Eunice Kathleen Waymon aka Nina Simone ...

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Maya Angelou’s Culinary Roots

Chicken cornbread pie recipe below Poet Maya Angelou was born in 1928 in St. Louis but she spent the majority of her childhood in Stamps,...

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