While many find the taste of traditional soul food like fried chicken, catfish and grits enticing, when these foods are not consumed in moderation, like anything else, they can pose health risks.

“You had those special things that back then were meant to be the leftovers and scraps for the African-American people,” Chaney says of the origins of soul food. “Now they are delicacies.

From the atrocity of slavery, through Reconstruction, the Great Migration and modern soul food traditions ... After slavery, African American food traditions evolved, influenced by migration.

After Emancipation, soul food continued to allow many African Americans a source of income as both cooks and writers. Malinda Russell, an African American woman from Tennessee, did a variety of jobs ...

This season, the arts advocate has partnered with the Pacific Symphony to present “Symphonic Soul: A Celebration of African American Artistry ... Orange County food, art and culture for ...

Each year around Thanksgiving, the Unity House at Rochester Institute of Technology hosts its annual Soul Food Sunday ... within the ALANA (African, Latin, Asian, and Native American) community.

Soul food restaurants represent more than dining establishments – they serve as living museums of African American culture. These spaces preserve cooking techniques, recipes, and stories passed ...

Southern food is all about big tables, oversized portions, and flavors refined over generations. A mix of Native American, African American ... a stout sausage gravy, meatloaf with mashed potatoes ...

The popular Southern side is only one of the many dishes identified under the umbrella of soul food, the traditional Black American cuisine ... of the features include meatloaf and mashed potatoes ...

The Downtown, dine-in version of Soul 2 Go, a 4-year-old carryout kitchen on Essex Avenue in Milo-Grogan, offers a refreshing experience for soul-food aficionados accustomed to a predinner ritual ...

"So soul food is the traditional African American food that we were raised on based on our slavery. So that is wings and ribs and mac and cheese and greens and pineapples, stuff like that.

Built around soul food, the menu includes made-from-scratch ... the area was known as Paradise Valley and was a thriving district of African American business and entertainment just north of ...