Cornbread & Collard Greens: How West African Cuisine & Slavery Influenced Soul Food

Everyone loves “Southern” food, but until recently few acknowledged the heavy influences of soul food, which itself was born of necessity from West African cuisine and slavery.

Cornbread & Collard Greens is more than a cookbook. It’s a mirror into the non-traditional Southern African-American diaspora, through which history and creative interpretations of soul foods are reflected.

Deah effortlessly infuses her love of history with her personal familial narratives and carefully crafts recipes ...