Watch "High on the Hog"

[ysabetwordsmith]

We watched the first episode of "High on the Hog" tonight.  It traces the roots of soul food from Africa through America.  This episode features Benin and foods like yams (the original, not the sweet potato substitute), okra, and black-eyed peas.  It's a lot heavier than most food shows, but it has great culinary and historical detail, with black people exploring and telling their own stories.  If you appreciate ethnic history and food, this is a wonderful of example of history written by someone other than the winners.  Most highly recommended.

Comments

[mama_kestrel]

Thank you for the recommendation. I watched the first episode last night. I really appreciate that the producers put the food in the context of the place, the culture, and its history. That's incredibly powerful.

Did it strike you that Stephen Satterfield bears a striking resemblance to Chad Boseman? He even moves the same way. It's strikingly different from American patterns of movement, too.