ginger in my collards, please
When the African-American elite dumps the fat-rich dishes of Southern tradition - collard greens suppurating with pork fat, pigs' feet with black-eyed peas - in favour of the raw vegetables of the "new soul food", a sacrifice of culture accompanies a loss of girth. The raw movement is not a solution, but part of the threat, dividing families by taste and diet.Felipe Fernandez-Armesto means well, but he overreaches with the whole cuisine-is-social-destiny thing.
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That quote has nothing to do with the article it's pulled from. I clicked on it thinking, "Today, I will learn something about the raw food movement or the African-American elite or old soul v. new soul food." No no no. First off, this article is not-so-good. Secondly, it has nothing to do with raw food, any group of people, or specific cuisines. Instead, I read about how the death of the meal has caused the obesity epidemic. Now, I'm not inclined to believe that the meal is dead. Maybe in some homes, but it's one of my favorite day-parts. It matters most to me who is around the table, then the food. Tonight's meal will be eaten at the best (and only) vegetarian restaurant in town! The food will be good, the company even better.
Posted by: greer | September 21, 2002 11:50 AM