Food & Cooking

Watch Indigenous Chefs Share Culture, History and Delicious Cuisine Through ‘Resilience Recipes’ Series

By Amanda M. Rye 2 months ago

They ate at the Smithsonian’s Mitsitam Native Food Café and other restaurants as part of their studies on native food sovereignty, a movement to reclaim and restore Indigenous food systems.

“I really loved the class, it was so interesting,” said Bianca Nolde-Lopez ’22, an anthropology major on a pre-med track, and sprinter on the women’s track and field team. “It was so eye-opening that all this Indigenous knowledge has been carried through oppression, and pandemics and so much else that was forced upon them.

“And yet they’re still here, creating this amazing artwork and food, so intricately weaving their history and culture into modern life.”

The pandemic forced Lewis to cancel plans to bring students to the May conference of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association in Toronto. She and Stremlau collaborated on an alternate plan. Lewis proposed hosting “Food-preneurs”—the chefs putting a modern spin on Indigenous food. The

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3 Quick And Yummy Vegetarian Fried Rice Recipes You’d Thank Us For

By Amanda M. Rye 2 months ago

Fried rice is an Asian dish where cooked rice is tossed again with bunch of spices

Highlights

  • Fried rice is an excellent way to use up your leftover rice
  • It is very easy to make fried rice
  • Fried rice is an Asian dish

A quintessential Indian meal is often deemed incomplete without a portion of rice. Rice has been an intrinsic part of Indian diet since time immemorial. Rice is not only prepared in a myriad ways, it is also a staple ingredient for many desserts and snacks. There are very few things in our pantry that are quite as versatile as rice, so why have it the usual way day in and day out? With these scrummy fried rice recipes, you can make your banal spread a tad more interesting without even putting much of an effort. Fried rice is an Asian dish where cooked rice is tossed again

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FOOD: Tired of corn on the cob? Here are 4 corn recipes to use up those sweet kernels – News – Wicked Local Carver

By Amanda M. Rye 2 months ago

When I was a kid, you knew it was summer when one of my parents dug into the back of the utensil drawer to pull out the corncob-shaped corn holders.

Those bright yellow plastic handles and long metal prongs were the sharpest tools my sister and I were allowed to handle. One could argue that we didn’t really need corn-on-the-cob holders, but this was the ritual, so every time we picked up corn from the grocery store or the Amish-run farmers market, we pulled out those holders.

My grandmother, who lived about a mile away from us in my small Missouri town, also had a set of dachshund corn-on-the-cob holders, but she saved those for special occasions.

Gaga was often present for these summer dinners, when the sound of cicadas was as thick as the humidity, and I can remember sitting on the back porch shucking corn with her or

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28 Black Food Bloggers You Need In Your Life

By Amanda M. Rye 2 months ago
Photo credit: Khadija Horton
Photo credit: Khadija Horton

From Cosmopolitan

Growing up, watching cooking shows always felt so comforting to me. My Queen Ina Garten would shine down on me every afternoon from her Hamptons home, while Giada De Laurentiis would bring her Italian staples right to my living room. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized the representation in the food world isn’t even close to what it should be. And while I still bow down to Ina and Giada, they’re not representative of the culinary world as a whole.

These Black food bloggers, recipe developers, and content creators are sharing unique recipes and perspectives in an industry that tends to produce more of the same. Many of these recipes derive from a place of family, love, history, and acceptance. And they look and taste damn delicious too.

Now that you’ve landed here, prepare yourself for (and your stomach) for new

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