June is National Soul Food Month. It is a great time to enjoy amazing soul food and its history. You can definitely celebrate by supporting a soul food restaurant. There is something special about cooking dishes by African Americans and people from the African diaspora though. That is why I am sharing several of my … Read More
Hello, I’m Kimberly. I’ll teach you how to easily make your favorite soul food dishes at home To simplify my life, I have merged my soul food niche site into my overall (Mom in the City) blog. You can find soul food recipes on this site at the following links: Comfort Foods Soul Food Southern … Read More
Thanksgiving is already on my mind. Food prices are up this year so it might be good to start planning your Thanksgiving meal earlier also. My family primarily requests soul food Thanksgiving recipes so I’m sharing some favorites. Soul Food Thanksgiving Recipes 1. Apple PieThis is my husband’s favorite dessert so it is requested at … Read More
I have been a little quiet the last couple of weeks because I have been working on publishing my new eBook, Soul Food: 31 Easy Recipes for Home Cooks and its accompanying website, Easy Soul Food Recipes. I hope that you will pick up the book (it’s only $4.97) and sign up for the new site’s Readers Recipe … Read More
As a student at Columbia, I majored in History-Sociology and the majority of my classes were focused on African-Americans and/or women. One thing that stood out to me is that you can tell a lot about a culture and its history by exploring its food. What is now typically called “soul food” had its roots … Read More
Although blogging is not my only professional focus anymore, I still like to use this space to record some of my favorite things. It’s more challenging to search through my social media posts when I try to remember things. Also, who knows when the various social media sites will change their policies or shut down … Read More
When I came home on Saturday from breakfast and lunch with friends, Reggie asked, “Are you okay?” Initially, I thought that he was talking about James Holmes and the Aurora victims. Admittedly, I had cried some tears about the random, unnecessary violence of the Colorado shooting. Politics and “whether or not young kids should have … Read More
I don’t make many soul food recipes now, because I already make the ones that my family and friends enjoy the most. I like creating new recipes though so I asked my Easy Soul Food Recipes Facebook friends what they wanted to learn how to make in 2024. One answer was candied yams. I usually … Read More
Several people have started to search the site for Black History Month recipes. As such, I am posting this updated compilation of my favorite recipes from the African diaspora… As I have written in the past, you can tell a lot about a culture and its history by exploring its food. What is now typically … Read More
I have been sharing daily soul food recipes on my Twitter and Facebook pages for Black History Month. That is how I realized I was missing a fried fish recipe on my site. To remedy that, I’m sharing my recipe for crispy pan fried fish without eggs. Fried fish is a typical soul food dinner … Read More
