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african/american

How Jessica B. Harris Redefined American Food

Dr. Jessica B. Harris has uncovered the ways that West African food, and African American people, have fundamentally shaped American cuisine.

When Opera Rejected Alexander Smalls, He Opened A Restaurant

Customers would say that this wasn’t their mother’s Southern food. Alexander’s reply: “Do I look like your mama?”

The Table Freda Built
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