A mother-daughter duo reclaims and redefines soul food by mining the
traditions of four generations of black women and creating 80 healthy
recipes to help everyone live longer and stronger.
NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER - "Soul Food Love has preserved our
traditions but reinvented how they're prepared. Its focus on health is a
godsend."--Viola Davis
"This beautifully written compendium is literary history, cookbook,
family album, motherwit, daughter-grace, and the gospel truth. I'll be
cooking from this book for years to come."--Elizabeth Alexander, poet
and professor
After bestselling author Alice Randall penned an op-ed in the New York
Times titled "Black Women and Fat," chronicling her quest to be "the
last fat black woman" in her family, she turned to her daughter,
Caroline Randall Williams, for help. Together they overhauled the way
they cook and eat, translating recipes and traditions handed down by
generations of black women into easy, affordable, and healthful--yet
still indulgent--dishes, such as Peanut Chicken Stew, Red Bean and Brown
Rice Creole Salad, Fiery Green Beans, and Sinless Sweet Potato Pie*.*
Soul Food Love relates the authors' fascinating family history, which
mirrors that of much of black America in the twentieth century, explores
the often-fraught relationship African American women have had with
food, and forges a powerful new way forward that honors their cultural
and culinary heritage.
