A mother-daughter duo reclaims and redefines soul food by mining the traditions of four generations of black women and creating healthy recipes to help everyone live longer and strongerIn May bestselling author Alice Randall penned an op-ed in the New York Times titled ldquoBlack Women and Fatrdquo chronicling her quest to be ldquothe last fat black womanrdquo in her family She turned to her daughter Caroline Randall Williams for help Together they overhauled the way they cook and eat translating recipes and traditions handed down by generations of black women into easy affordable and healthfulmdashyet still indulgentmdashdishes such as Peanut Chicken Stew Red Bean and Brown Rice Creole Salad Fiery Green Beans and Sinless Sweet Potato Pie Soul Food Love relates the authorsrsquo fascinating family history which mirrors that of much of black America in the twentieth century explores the often fraught relationship African-American women have had with food and forges a powerful new way forward that honors their cultural and culinary heritage This is what the strong black kitchen looks like in the twenty-first century.
