Taste of the South

Reclaiming Soul Food

that I unapologetically love soul food, and I do. But the soul food I grew up eating wasn’t all smothered pork chops, fried chicken, and candied yams. Those were celebration dishes, and while I loved those, too, the soul food I knew was greens and beans and grains and the way my

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