Red Beans & Tri-Color Quinoa
January 31, 2020

Red Beans & Tri-Color Quinoa

When Mayor Pete Buttigieg introduced The Douglass Plan it made me question why he thought naming his project to benefit African Americans after a 19th century antebellum icon was a good idea. The name alone demonstrated Mr. Buttigieg had not consulted any African Americans during …

Africa, African American, African Diaspora, African Diasporic History, African Heritage Diet, Black History, Black History Month, Diaspora, Dinner, Enslaved People, Lunch, Mississippi, Organic, Plant Based, Plant Based Diet, Plant Based Eating, Popular Culture, Red Beans, Red Beans and Quinoa, Red Beans and Rice, Soul Food, Southern Cooking, Southern Cuisine, The South, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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by Robin Sparks
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The Ultimate Macaroni & Cheese
October 22, 2019

The Ultimate Macaroni & Cheese

In 1940’s Mississippi my mother says much of the cheese was white in color i.e. without colored additives, and not pasteurized or “raw.” Raw cheese contains beneficial probiotics, active bacteria which help the digestive system function. Heat processing via cooking kills much of the bacteria, …

African American, Cooking, Cuisine, Digestion, Gluten-free, Health, History, Mississippi, Popular Culture, Soul Food, Southern Cuisine, The South, Vegetarian
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by Robin Sparks
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SnacKing
October 21, 2016

SnacKing

I know we’ve discussed it before, but snacks are an integral part of life.

American Work Ethic, Food, Health, Healthy Snacks, Mississippi, Nuts, Popular Culture, Snacks, Work, Work Life Balance
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by Robin Sparks
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New Years’ Absolutions
January 2, 2015

New Years’ Absolutions

What I hope to see die a tortuous, instantaneously combustible, explosive and fiery demise in 2015, besides not corrupt cops themselves, but the insidious policies and lack of training that implicate our nations’ police departments and every level of government right up to the Oval …

Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Ferguson, Mississippi, Obama, Oprah, Paula Deen, Race on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Tuskeegee Institute, Utica, Utica Institute
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by Robin Sparks
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