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.