Plate of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, cornbread, and collard greens on a table - Shafeeq Muhammad/Getty Images The history of soul food is deeply rooted in the American South, and traces back to ...

When people think of soul food, they think of fried chicken and baked mac and cheese, but it’s more than that. African American cuisine was created from people making do with what they had and ...

The history of soul food is deeply rooted in the American South, and traces back to the transatlantic slave trade. Enslaved Africans were usually given the worst cuts of meat and leftover rations, and ...