This is part 1 of a 3 part series entitled Food in the African American Canon. In Part 1 we talk to a chef who prepared a menu based on historic recipes. The audio series is a contribution to the study of literature, foodways, and African-American history. As you will hear I'm currently writing a book on the same subject; If you are an editor I'm still considering offers for the project. The book discusses places where food has been made, sold, and eaten¬ in important books in the African American literary canon: Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup…; Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Esteban Montejo, James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man; Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man; Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God; James Baldwin’s Notes of a Native Son and No Name in the Street; Malcolm X's Autobiography; Toni Morrison’s Novel Beloved; Ntozake Shange, Sassafras, Cypress, and Indigo Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on You Tube, iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you like what you hear and learn, tell others about it and share and post the link to the show. Subscribe to our Podcasts: http://www.fredopie.com/podcasts/ Buy Fred’s Memoir/Career Advice http://www.fredopie.com/startwithyourgift/ Buy Fred’s Books: http://www.fredopie.com/books/ About Fred, Blogs, and Podcast: http://www.fredopie.com Follow Fred on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frederick.d.opie Follow Fred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrFredDOpie
More content from our ongoing series on food and literature where we talk about novels that include food traditions and add to our understanding of food as identity and power within various contexts and regional differences over time. In this episode we talk to a chef who prepared a menu based on African American novels..
