NPR Replay: Soul Food
Arts & Life
The Importance of Soul Food()
February 4, 2003 The very fact that certain foods are even on the menu in most American restaurants today tells a story of how Africans came to this country, and what happened when they got here. Talk of the Nation looks at the story of African-Americans through the lens of soul food.
John T. Edge on Food
Kitchen Wisdom: Grits, Greens and Understanding()
March 4, 2005 John T. Edge, a Southern foodways expert whose work has appeared in Gourmet, the Oxford American and Saveur, discusses a Montgomery, Ala., food tradition that has helped bring blacks and whites together. Read an excerpt from "The Welcome Table.
