Opie, Frederick Douglass.

Hog & hominy : soul food from Africa to America / Hog and hominy Frederick Douglass Opie. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2008. - xv, 238 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Arts & traditions of the table . - Arts and traditions of the table. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-226) and index.

The Atlantic slave trade and the Columbian exchange -- Adding to my bread and greens : enslaved cookery in British colonial America -- Hog and hominy : Southern foodways in the nineteenth century -- The Great Migration : from the Black Belt to the Freedom Belt -- The beans and greens of necessity : African Americans and the Great Depression -- Eating Jim Crow : restaurants, barbecue stands, and bar and grills during segregation -- The chitlin circuit : the origins and meanings of soul and soul food -- The declining influence of soul food : the growth of Caribbean cuisine in urban areas -- Food rebels : African American critics and opponents of soul food.

9780231146388 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231146388 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231517973 (e-book) 0231517971 (e-book)

2008020309

GBA893270 bnb

014679753 Uk


African American cooking--History.
African Americans--Food--History.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
Cooking, American--Southern style--History.
Cooking--History.--America
Food habits--History.--America
Cooking, African--History.
Food habits--History.--Africa

TX715 / .O548 2008

641.59/296073