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Soul food is the cuisine of Black Americans. Originating in the American South from the cuisines of enslaved Africans transported from Africa through the Atlantic slave trade, soul food is closely ass
A traditional soul food dinner consisting of fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, breaded fried okra, and cornbread.
Cooking at stove in old Trepagnier Plantation House, Norco, Louisiana, October 1938
Sea Island red peas, a variety of cowpea in West Africa, were brought to the sea islands of South Carolina by way of the transatlantic slave trade.
Somerset Plantation slave kitchen
The cuisine of the Southern United States encompasses diverse food traditions of several subregions, including the cuisines of Southeastern Native American tribes, Tidewater, Appalachian, Ozarks, Lowc
Soul food
…American South from the cuisines of enslaved Africans transported from Africa through the Atlantic slave trade, soul food is closely associated with the cuisine of the Southern United States. The expression "soul food" originated in the mid-1960s when "soul" was a common word used to describe Black American culture. Soul food uses cooking…
Fried oysters and collard greens
Corn was a vital source of food for Indigenous communities across the Northern Hemisphere. Sophisticated farming techniques were used to cultivate the crop throughout the American continent.
Shrimp and Crab Étouffée plate showing global influences of Southern food. Macaroni and cheese is a British dish. Black-eyed peas are from West Africa. Rice dishes were prepared by enslaved African Americans, Europeans, and Native Americans.
Southern American fried chicken have Scottish and West African influences.