Making Soul Food Healthier January 26, 2006 • Lindsey Williams grew up around the Southern dishes lovingly made by his grandmother, Sylvia Wood, at her legendary Sylvia's Soul Food Restaurant in Harlem. Williams talks about how he cooked up recipes that took the fat — but not the flavor — out of soul food.
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.
Opinion 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.
Opinion A Return to Black Cuisine, Via the Rabbi's Wife March 9, 2005 • Our commentator explains how the rabbi's wife led him back to the African-American cuisine of his childhood.