There's the “soul food” associated with the mostly US-Southern-style cooking eaten by African-Americans ~ everything from collard greens cooked with smoked ham hocks and chitterlings to mac-n-cheese loaded with butter and cheese to sweet potato pie. The same food that now everybody tells us is the reason so many black folks have hypertension and diabetes.
Modern black Americans love the taste but let's face it ... it is not to die for! Consequently, many of them are modifying "momma's recipes" and changing them to healthier versions to nourish the body and to comfort and uplift the body and the mind.
Then there is “soul food” as in chicken soup for the soul. That comforting bowl of soup that all wives and moms make no matter what the illness is, because if you just eat some chicken soup, you'll feel better. It's the soup that inspired the book. Experts say there is some truth of its positive impact on mind, body, and soul, albeit chicken soup is not a cure-all.
Then there's the soul food as described in this marvelous infographic. This is the best description of soul food ever!! I especially like Steps 7, 11 and 16. What about you?
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Today is April 22 and it's Earth Day. To celebrate I am recommending that my blog readers subscribe to Mother Nature Network. If you love planet earth, you'll love the MNN publication. They are a constant and consistent reminder of the celebration of life on this wonderful planet that we take for granted. A life which, no matter what the space explorers and scientists or Nostradamus tell you, can be never duplicated by building a colony on Mars or Titan or anywhere else in the universe.
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The reality is we need to make an earnest effort to maintain the Earth because it's all we've got!
Happy Earth Day!
