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This is a list of soul foods and dishes.Soul food is the ethnic cuisine of African Americans that originated in the Southern United States during the era of slavery. [1] It uses a variety of ingredients and cooking styles, some of which came from West African and Central African cuisine brought over by enslaved Africans while others originated in Europe.
During the Jim Crow era, African American women worked in the homes of white families as domestics and prepared their meals. Some white women authored Black cookbooks using stereotypical images of black women as Mammies on the cover of cookbooks to better market the recipes they learned from black cooks to audiences. African Americans authored ...
The term "soul food" originated in the rise of Black cultural expression and identity in the 1960s. Soul music grew to be a popular genre, getting its name from the influence of gospel music.
The first known image associating Black people with watermelons. [2] The first published caricature of Black people reveling in watermelon is believed to have appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in 1869. [2] The stereotype emerged shortly after enslaved people were emancipated after the Civil War. [2]
Black History Month is celebrated the entire month of February, so it's only right to help honor and celebrate the month with these 40 amazing soul food recipes that pay homage to the culture.
Just Food. Since 1995, the New York-based nonprofit has sought a "democratic, transparent, equitable, and healthy food system rooted in racial, social, economic, and environmental justice," Just ...
A Black history lesson on the connection between Black historical figures and food is taught by FoodCorps service member Shalynn Brooks in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America is a television docuseries released on Netflix on May 26, 2021, starring Stephen Satterfield, Gabrielle E.W. Carter and Jessica B. Harris.