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You think those old kitchen habits your grandmother swore by were just superstition? Think again.
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During Kwanzaa 2025, I started watching these videos with intensity. Love the way the stories are being shared and traditions saved by the Hungry Historian. They are more than just curious about old meals. They are on a mission to rediscover how food shaped empires, communities, and everyday life. It’s history you can almost taste—rich, surprising, and deliciously real.
African American cooks perfected techniques that modern scientists now call nutritional genius. These methods were dismissed and nearly erased. Here are 30 banned cooking tricks science finally validated. From forgotten mess halls to iconic cultural kitchens, we explore the flavors that fed the past.
SOUL FOOD COOKBOOK FOR BLACK WOMEN: 80 Traditional and Modern Black Recipes Inspired by African American Heritage, Soul Food Culture & the Contemporary African Kitchen (Afro Soul Food Series) Paperback – July 13, 2025
by Etta Lou James (Author)
by Etta Lou James (Author)
