What Our Black Ancestors Ate for the Holidays

 

Before you slice into that sweet-potato pie, douse those greens in hot sauce or cut a corner of macaroni and cheese this holiday season, consider what you may be missing.

African-American food historian Leni Sorensen says the iconic images of soul food during Thanksgiving and Christmas represent a small slice of black American culinary customs.

"There's a wide repertoire of food. Everybody understands the iconic list of greens and pork chops and cornbread and sweet-potato pie. But that is only a minor list of all of the different foods that people eat within their own communities," says Sorensen, a researcher at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.

In the late 19th century, geography factored in how people celebrated the yuletide season. During this time African Americans lived mostly a rural existence, which translated into a farm-to-table lifestyle.

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What Our Black Ancestors Ate for the Holidays
Natalie Y. Moore
Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:19:00 GMT

Livetweet: Bloomberg Admin On Yellow Bus Strike

 

Here's my quick livetweet of Mayor Bloomberg, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott and NYC Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo discussing a potential strike by yellow school bus drivers. Our Ben Chapman and Jonathan Lemire (who also livetweeted) have a full story for you after the Storify ...

Livetweet: Bloomberg Admin On Yellow Bus Strike
Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:49:27 GMT

NYC has 2 new enforcers: bedbug-sniffing dogs

NYC has 2 new enforcers: bedbug-sniffing dogs
Wall Street Journal
Most of that's covered by the City Council. Council Speaker Christine Quinn says all New Yorkers, regardless of their income, can now receive "the best bedbug attention money can buy." Inspection requests can be made through the city's 311 help line. ...
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Fwd: Cocaine: Do you have a problem?

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Electric Truck Manufacturer Coming To Bronx

 

Smith Electric Vehicles will establish a clean technology manufacturing facility in the Bronx that's expected to create more than 100 new jobs, Gov. Cuomo's office says. Smith is leasing the 90,000 square-foot former Murray Feiss building near Hunts Point. The private investment is bolstered ...

Electric Truck Manufacturer Coming To Bronx
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:28:32 GMT

Heavy D’s Funeral Set For Friday At Historic Church

Heavy D’s Funeral Set For Friday At Historic Church

Dwight Myers, the rapper known as Heavy D, will be laid to rest at the historic Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, New York, this coming Friday, November 18.

The cemromony is scheduled to begin at 11am and will be led by Senior Pastor Reverend Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, who will deliver the eulogy.

A viewing will be held a day earlier on Thurday, November 17 from noon to 6pm.

In lieu of flowers the family is requesting that donations be made to the Heavy D and Xea Myers Fund:

C/O JP Morgan Chase

726 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10085

Checks payable to: The Heavy D and Xea Myers Fund

Heavy D Information Line: 212-381-2037

See also: Rapper Heavy D Dead At Age Of 44

Heavy D’s Funeral Set For Friday At Historic Church
Johan Thomas
Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:57:43 GMT