Soul food

Chicken and waffles

Soul food is the ethnic cuisine of African-Americans.[1][2] It originated in the American South from the cuisines of enslaved Africans trafficked to the North American colonies through the Atlantic slave trade during the Antebellum period and is closely associated (but not to be confused with) with the cuisine of the American South.[3] The expression "soul food" originated in the mid-1960s, when "soul" was a common word used to describe African-American culture.[4] Soul food uses cooking techniques and ingredients from West African, Central African, Western European, and Indigenous cuisine of the Americas.[5] Soul food came from the blending of what African Americans ate in their native countries in Africa and what was available to them as slaves. The cuisine had its share of negativity initially. Soul food was initially seen as low class food, and Northern African Americans looked down on their Black Southern counterparts who preferred soul food. The term evolved from being the diet of a slave in the South to being a primary pride in the African American community in the North such as New York City.[6]

  1. ^ ""Soul Food" a brief history". African American Registry. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  2. ^ Moskin, Julia (2018-08-07). "Is It Southern Food, or Soul Food?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  3. ^ "An Illustrated History of Soul Food". First We Feast. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  4. ^ Ferguson, Sheila (1993). Soul Food Classic Cuisine from the Deep South. Grove Press. pp. 57–60. ISBN 9781493013418.
  5. ^ McKendrick, P.J. (15 December 2017). "The Diversity of Soul Food - Global Foodways". Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Soul Food". Macaulay.cuny.edu. Retrieved November 6, 2023.

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