Tag: Food

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 …

Soul Food, 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, Southern Cooking, Southern Cuisine, The South, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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by Robin Sparks
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Black Bean Nachos
December 10, 2019

Black Bean Nachos

After you make my recipe for Black Beans, which is the national dish of Brazil, you can mix it up by turning one of your meals into nachos. You can be creative by adding whatever you find at your local farmers’ market and, of course …

Africa, African Diasporic History, Black Beans, Brazil, Diaspora, Food, Latinx America, Mexico, Soul Food, South America, Whole Foods
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by Robin Sparks
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White Fish in Hearts of Palm
December 5, 2019

White Fish in Hearts of Palm

Many people do not realize more African people were taken to Brazil, where they were subsequently enslaved, than any other so-called New World country. So with respect to the African Heritage Diet, Brazilians contributed to the cuisine just as much as any of us in …

Food, Africa, African American, African Diasporic History, Brazil, Enslaved People, History, Organic, Popular Culture, Seafood, South America
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by Robin Sparks
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Leftover Turkey Salad
December 3, 2019

Leftover Turkey Salad

If you did your job in seasoning the holiday turkey, and I’m sure you did, this minimal effort salad will be a certified winner for lunch or a light dinner – and dinner should always be light. Make your organic salad of choice, I used …

African American, Food, leftovers, Organic, Salad, Thanksgiving, Turkey
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by Robin Sparks
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Guaymas Shrimp
October 27, 2019

Guaymas Shrimp

Musing on Guaymas Shrimp made me realize there are a number of things people don’t know about Tucson. Like many Black Arizonans, my grandparents migrated from Texas during the Depression. Family legend has it that they were on their way to California but my grandfather …

Popular Culture, Africa, African American, Cooking, Cuisine, Mexico, Pescatarian, Seafood, Shrimp
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by Robin Sparks
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Plant Based Busy – Brie Sandwich
September 21, 2019

Plant Based Busy – Brie Sandwich

My favorite living chef is probably Jacques Pepin. Not only does he say Black American chefs taught him how to cook American food in the 1960’s, his stories of growing up poor in France, working in his family’s kitchen with his first responsibility to ensure …

African American, History, Popular Culture
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by Robin Sparks
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