Culinary historian Jessica B. Harris and
High on the Hog host Stephen Satterfield stop in front of an okra stand at the Dantokpa Market in Cotonou, Benin. The Netflix series is based on Harris’s 2011 book of the same name.
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What the Future of Southern Cuisine Could Be in Dallas and Beyond
Chefs in Texas are changing the way we understand Southern food outside of the home-cooked comfort fare interpretation.
By Rosin Saez
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July 1, 2021
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“The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” as one of William Faulker’s best-known lines goes. History informs the present and, by extension, the future. Food is an ever-evolving organism, metastasizing into identical fast-casual concepts or, instead, becoming a new form of itself. Southern food has already had many pioneers who spun grandma’s low-fuss fare into high-end fine dining.
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Drink this: – Trillium Brewing Co.
Proof that the hard seltzer craze isn’t quite over yet: Trillium Brewing just launched SOAK, their own version of an alcoholic seltzer. SOAK’s introductory lineup features three tropical flavors mango, raspberry lime, and pineapple made with real fruit and, according to Trillium, devoid of any flavorings, extracts, concentrates, or artificial sweeteners. Snag a four-pack, available via curbside pick-up and shipping, for your upcoming Memorial Day Weekend barbecue.
On our radar: – love&flour
Cake break Salem, N.H.-based bakery love&flour is skipping over to Mass. this weekend with a pop-up at The Current in the Seaport. Baker Jamie Elizabeth has crafted a collection of macarons that go well beyond the standard pistachio and chocolate iterations, with flavors like sea salt caramel and Fruity Pebbles. There are cookies and cupcakes, too, plus a medley of cake accessories if, like me, the pandemic has prompted you to start channe
Dr. Jessica B. Harris On Starting Her Culinary Writing Career At ESSENCE And Having Her Work Adapted For Netflix’s ‘High On The Hog’ Essence 3 hrs ago
Everything has an origin story.
When food historian and James Beard Lifetime Achievement winner Dr. Jessica B. Harris first started writing about culinary delights from around the world, she was doing so for ESSENCE. The acclaimed writer and author was the book review editor for this very publication in the 1970s before becoming the travel editor and journeying through the African diaspora, sampling a plethora of meals. That was where I began to taste these foods, and to make these connections. ESSENCE was part of the beginning of it, Dr. Harris tells ESSENCE. I wrote a column called The Go Gourmet, and it aired every other month. I can t even think of what they were all about, but that was some of my very first writing about food, and travel, and culture.