• 2021

Episode list

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Our Founding Chefs
Tue, May 25, 2021
  • S1.E3
  • Our Founding Chefs
From mac and cheese to Virginia ham: Jefferson's and Washington's renowned enslaved chefs James Hemings and Hercules left the nation hungry for more.
8.3 /10
The Rice Kingdom
Tue, May 25, 2021
  • S1.E2
  • The Rice Kingdom
Farmer and chef Gabrielle E W Carter is one of those working to preserve African culinary traditions in today's North and South Carolina.
8.3 /10
Our Roots
Tue, May 25, 2021
  • S1.E1
  • Our Roots
Many staple American dishes (candied yams, okra, black eyed peas, rice) are shown to have originated in Africa as the host and the author of the series source book travel to an open air market in Benin.
8.1 /10
Our Roots

S1.E1 ∙ Our Roots

Tue, May 25, 2021
Many staple American dishes (candied yams, okra, black eyed peas, rice) are shown to have originated in Africa as the host and the author of the series source book travel to an open air market in Benin.
8.1 /10
The Rice Kingdom

S1.E2 ∙ The Rice Kingdom

Tue, May 25, 2021
Farmer and chef Gabrielle E W Carter is one of those working to preserve African culinary traditions in today's North and South Carolina.
8.3 /10
Our Founding Chefs

S1.E3 ∙ Our Founding Chefs

Tue, May 25, 2021
From mac and cheese to Virginia ham: Jefferson's and Washington's renowned enslaved chefs James Hemings and Hercules left the nation hungry for more.
8.3 /10
Freedom

S1.E4 ∙ Freedom

Tue, May 25, 2021
Barbecued brisket meets Senegalese lamb and a Juneteenth feast as Stephen heads to Texas to ride with Black cowboys and take in Jerrelle Guy's cakes.
8 /10
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