- traditional African American cooking, originally developed by enslaved Black people in the rural South and including such foods as chitterlings, pig’s feet, collard greens, and cornbread: The cuisine of New Orleans is heavily influenced by Creole and Cajun cooking as well as soul food.Soul food is grounded in the ways African Americans have always fashioned a way out of no way, taking scraps and creating a food tradition that has stood the test of time.
- the traditional cooking of a specified culture: Kimchi, the magical soul food of Korea, is popular worldwide.We talked with the restaurant’s founders about Ashkenazi soul food and the misunderstood gefilte fish.
- food, such as chitterlings or yams, traditionally eaten by Black people in the southern US
