All tagged Food history
A US immigration policy overhaul must take into consideration the issue of agricultural labor shortage that has been growing in this country. Policymakers need to consider a solution to farmers who hire illegal immigrants and exploit them and second provide a viable solution to the labor demands of farmers growing the produce we eat.
This week I'm teaming up with Chef Rey Guerrero a native of the Pacific coast of Colombia a region historically inhabited by Afro Colombians. We are both traveling to Northwestern University to discuss Afro Pacific foodways using our respective expertise.
What's the history behind eggnog and why people in the United States drink it during the winter holiday season?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) was a native New Yorker who loved quail, pheasant, oysters, crabs, and exotic cheeses.
In the forthcoming book Southern Food and Civil Rights: Feeding the Revolution, there is a section with recipes from the Afro-American Cooking School (AACS). Like the New Negro Alliance, the AACS remains largely forgotten today.
Maya Angelou describes her grandmother as great cook and entrepreneur.
