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Hog & hominy : soul food from Africa to America

Title
Hog & hominy : soul food from Africa to America / Frederick Douglass Opie.
Author
Opie, Frederick Douglass.
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.

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Description
xv, 238 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Arts & traditions of the table
Uniform Title
Arts and traditions of the table.
Subject
  • African American Cooking > History
  • African Americans > Food > History
  • African Americans > Social life and customs
  • Cooking, American > Southern style > History
  • Cooking > America > History
  • Food habits > America > History
  • Black people > Food > History. > America
  • Black people > America > Social life and customs
  • Cooking, African > History
  • Food habits > Africa > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-226) and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
Sc E 10-219
ISBN
  • 9780231146388 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0231146388 (hc : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008020309
OCLC
226360212
Author
Opie, Frederick Douglass.
Title
Hog & hominy : soul food from Africa to America / Frederick Douglass Opie.
Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.
Series
Arts & traditions of the table
Arts and traditions of the table.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-226) and index.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 10-219
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