Soul Food ~Professor Frederick Douglass Opie ~ author of Hog and Hominy

Soul Food ~ Summer Barbecue~ Professor Frederick Douglass Opie ~ author of Hog and Hominy: From Africa to America. http://frederickdouglassopie.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~http://twitter.com/DrFredDOpie~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At many African-American family gatherings, one is likely to find the staples of soul food: cornbread, collard greens and fried chicken. In his new book, author and Marist College professor Frederick Douglass Opie delves into the history books to find true soul in the food of the South, including its place in the politics of black America. Opie speaks with Lesley Gist about the geography and history of black cooking, captured in Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America. the social and religious relationship between African Americans and their cuisine. It begins with the Atlantic slave trade and concludes with the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Topics discussed ~ Origins of Macaroni and Cheese, Barbecue Sauce, OKRA, Peanut (George Washington Carver), Jessup Wagon ~Booker T Washington, Marcus Garvey, Friends of Africa, Farmers alliance, Jim crow, reconstruction era, Food Stereotypes~ Watermelon, Aunt Jemima Uncle Ben, Enslaved Cooks' rebellion, African Americans historical 4th of July celebration.