Docuseries High on the Hog Is a Transcendent Map of Black Foodways and Culinary Truths
âTell me what you eat, and Iâll tell you where you come from,â says Benin artist Romuald Hazoumè onscreen in the new Netflix show
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America, as we tour his brilliantly crafted studio in the heart of his city. Such is the premise of
High on the Hogâa masterful history book of Black culinary craft, its origins, and its multiple pathways. The mini-docuseries, inspired by the homonymous book by African food historian Dr. Jessica B. Harris, is an atlas for Americans to find their way back to the cradle of where Black American cooking began.