Scholar and author Psyche Williams-Forson wrote the foreword to the anniversary edition of Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor’s Vibration Cooking. As Williams-Forson sings the praises of the late culinary historian and her seminal work, she also notes, “Society perpetually ignores the stories told by and about black women, resulting in a continuous need for projects of reclamation.”…
Gullah panache. There is such a thing. The vibrancy of Gullah-Geechee culture found in the paintings of Jonathan Green, which tell stories of a vibrant lifestyle filled with joy, food and whimsy are all about the color and freedom that is both within the people and surrounding them. We sometimes miss…
Sapelo sage, storyteller and heritage-keeper Cornelia Walker-Bailey once explained the nature of fishing, crabbing, oyster-picking and shrimping on the barrier island. In an interview with Dionne Hoskins, Walker-Bailey explained that the women fished during the day (men fished at night), while the men were at work. They fished for their families and they fished to…
In the 1940s Mary Lou Williams entertained and allowed musicians to workshop their music in her space and in the 1950s she provided a space for musicians to self-care and heal.
No matter what it was called and who hosted, people responded to their own need within their communities, and it worked.
For one brief moment in time, two of history’s most fascinating royals met and ate together
Rose Nicaud was a coffee vendor or one of les vendeuses selling in New Orleans’ French Market. Her vending began on free Sundays when she, an enslaved woman, was allowed to make and sell coffee to earn money. It is said that she was to have purchased her freedom selling…
