A mother-daughter duo reclaims and redefines soul food by mining the traditions of four generations of black women and creating 80 healthy recipes to help everyone live longer and stronger.
NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER ⢠âSoul Food Love has preserved our traditions but reinvented how theyâre prepared. Its focus on health is a godsend.ââViola Davis âThis beautifully written compendium is literary history, cookbook, family album, motherwit, daughter-grace, and the gospel truth. Iâll be cooking from this book for years to come.ââElizabeth Alexander, poet and professor
After bestselling author Alice Randall penned an op-ed in the New York Times titled âBlack Women and Fat,â chronicling her quest to be âthe last fat black womanâ in her family, she turned to her daughter, Caroline Randall Williams, for help. Together they overhauled the way they cook and eat, translating recipes and traditions handed down by generations of black women into easy, affordable, and healthfulâyet still indulgentâdishes, such as Peanut Chicken Stew, Red Bean and Brown Rice Creole Salad, Fiery Green Beans, and Sinless Sweet Potato Pie. Soul Food Love relates the authorsâ fascinating family history, which mirrors that of much of black America in the twentieth century, explores the often-fraught relationship African American women have had with food, and forges a powerful new way forward that honors their cultural and culinary heritage.
Soul Food Love - Alice Randall & Caroline Randall Williams
A mother-daughter duo reclaims and redefines soul food by mining the traditions of four generations of black women and creating 80 healthy recipes to help everyone live longer and stronger.
NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER ⢠âSoul Food Love has preserved our traditions but reinvented how theyâre prepared. Its focus on health is a godsend.ââViola Davis âThis beautifully written compendium is literary history, cookbook, family album, motherwit, daughter-grace, and the gospel truth. Iâll be cooking from this book for years to come.ââElizabeth Alexander, poet and professor
After bestselling author Alice Randall penned an op-ed in the New York Times titled âBlack Women and Fat,â chronicling her quest to be âthe last fat black womanâ in her family, she turned to her daughter, Caroline Randall Williams, for help. Together they overhauled the way they cook and eat, translating recipes and traditions handed down by generations of black women into easy, affordable, and healthfulâyet still indulgentâdishes, such as Peanut Chicken Stew, Red Bean and Brown Rice Creole Salad, Fiery Green Beans, and Sinless Sweet Potato Pie. Soul Food Love relates the authorsâ fascinating family history, which mirrors that of much of black America in the twentieth century, explores the often-fraught relationship African American women have had with food, and forges a powerful new way forward that honors their cultural and culinary heritage.