Soul food is an American cuisine, a selection of foods, and is the traditional cuisine of African Americans in the United States. It is closely related to the cuisine of the Southern United States. The descriptive terminology may have originated in the mid-1960s, when ‘soul’ was a common term used to describe black culture. Black people have had a fond relationship with Soul Food, a constant ally in times of trouble. Enslavers fed their captives as cheaply as possible, often with throwaway foods from the plantation, forcing slaves to make … [Read more...]