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First Aired - 06/14/2010 03:00PM
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This week on Hot Grease Nicole spoke two to southern food impresarios: Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie, Author of "Hog and Hominy"; and Dante Gonzales of Dante's Fried Chicken.
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Hot Grease Introduction: The Origins of Soul Food (9:31)
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Nicole Taylor, Hot Grease, Tekserve, Heritage Radio Network, Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie, Hog & Hominy, what is soul food?, Southern food with origins in Africa Asia and Europe, origins of rice, there are two species of rice, one from Africa and one from Asia, directly related to soul food, production of rice in America, Africans taught Europeans how to cultivate and cook rice, okra, gulf coast region, The First & Second Great Migration, cornbread in the south is not sweet, special occasion meals, fried chicken, collared greens, macaroni and cheese, these things are more processed in the north,Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie, Author of "Hog and Hominy", (11:07)
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thoughts on the southern food invasion in NYC restaurants, outbreak of chicken & waffles, good profit margins at white tablecloth restaurants, there has been a large migration back south for African Americans, The Food Network has also promoted southern food, Big City BBQ, will more black people embrace the farm to table movement?, Will Allen, you can farm just about anywhere, rooftop farming, urban farming, get out of the habit of buying things in a box, preservatives, cook from scratch, cooking is not as hard as you think, it can be a family experience, Jimmy's Luncheonette, Uptown Juice Bar, frederickdouglassopie.blogspot.com/,Type & Tell: Dante Fried Chicken (10:14)
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Tekserve, watch the World Cup at Roberta's, Dante Gonzales, Dante's Fried Chicken, video series, all his sides are vegan except mac & cheese, he cooks a tofu alternative for every protein dish, music influences Dante's concept, what's on Dante's iPod now, Joker, M.I.A., The XX, Dante's grandfather was Jimmy Forrest, Dante hung out with guys like Miles Davis when he was a kid, Dante is working on a kids show, he will be on Food Channel on August 26th, Ride or Fry,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/17/2011 03:30PM
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Nicole Taylor pays tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on an inspiring episode of Hot Grease. She is joined by guests Meg Paska, Annie Novack and Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie. Tune in and learn why there is much more to this hero than his famous "I Have A Dream" speech. This episode was sponsored by White Oak Pastures. For more information visit www.whiteoakpastures.com
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Hot Grease Introduction: Meg Paska & Annie Novack (11:58)
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Hot Grease, Nicole Taylor, Heritage Radio Network, White Oak Pastures, Meg Paska, pie contest, 4th Annual Brooklyn Pie Contest, raising funds for BK Farmyards, decentralized farming organization, Annie Novack, Growing Chefs, food education organization, teaching children about food from field to fork, www.growingchefs.org, symbolic ingredients for a pie, well raised meat, grassfed beef, food movement in Brooklyn could best be summed up with a meat based pie, www.rooftopfarms.org,Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie (11:11)
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Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie, author of Hog & Hominy: Soul Food From Africa to America, social and cultural movements, celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mobilizing people, the role of food in the Civil Rights movement, The Club from Nowhere, raising money from Baked Goods for Civil Rights, southern food, regional foods associated with justice fighting, unseen people in the movement, Georgia Gilmore, Montgomery Improvement Association, The Kitchen Sisters, NPR, Hidden Kitchen, Southern Foodways Alliance, John T. Edge, it's important to remember how MLK died, fighting for sanitation workers,Closing Thoughts on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (9:25)
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Dr. King believed that truth is beauty, there are people in this world who still fight the good fight, everybody has a different view on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., everybody has their own fight, Nicole wishes people would dig deeper into the life of MLK beyond the I Have a Dream speech, the last year of his life he stared talking more about the Vietnam War and basic human rights, Larabars, Adriana Valez, Spoke the Hub, 30% of Americans have off today,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
