Description |
xv, 332 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-310) and index. |
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? |
Subject |
African American cooking -- History.
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Cooking, American -- Southern style.
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ISBN |
9781469607627 hardback alkaline paper |
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146960762X hardback alkaline paper |
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