Black American Magirology (FOOD, RACE & CULTURE) with Psyche Williams-Forson
b'What\\u2019s the difference between Southern cooking and \\u201csoul food?\\u201d Is there a correct type of mac and cheese? And whose business is it what you eat? (Hint: no one\\u2019s). Culinary historian, scholar of African American life and culture critic Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson is a professor at University of Maryland College Park and department chair in the Department of American Studies. She also authored the books \\u201cEating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America\\u201d and \\u201cBuilding Houses out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, and Power.\\u201d We chat about everything from oral traditions to \\u201csoul food\\u201d in popular culture, gendered roles in cooking, hyperlocal produce, systemic oppression and why someone would make chicken without seasoning it. On national television.'