Soul Food In African American Culture

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In the fifteenth through seventeenth century, African Americans was introduced to different foods and developed different styles of cooking. Around the 1960s and 1970s, during the black movements soul food was originated. “Soul Food” is a part of African Americans culture known and celebrated among the black community. Soul was a common word used to describe black culture and for example their soul music and jazz. Soul foods is popular and enjoy by black folks to remind them their southern roots. In the African American communities, played soul music, such as jazz and blues and sold soul food: fried chicken, greens, corn bread, and sweet potato pie. Many different styles of cooking came from areas such as Georgia, Virginia, Alabama, the Caribbean,

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