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On Yams (Part 2)… Yam Porridge

By Rachel Finn On November 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Developing familiarity with yams, true yams, particularly for folks who have none, is sure to surprise. As mentioned hapa, they are not the soft, sweet tubers Americans in the United States use to whip up pies, or casseroles. Those dishes are the domain of the delicate sweet potato.

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2011 – UN International Year for People of African Descent

By Rachel Finn On September 26, 2011 · 2 Comments

I am late with this, at least here on the site. I’ve been talking up the 2011 International Year for People of African Descent since late 2010 with friends, on Twitter and on Facebook but haven’t done anything special to commemorate it with Roots Cuisine, for various reasons. Most of them logistical and [...]

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Help Us Out

By Rachel Finn On June 20, 2011 · 8 Comments

volunteers & interns wanted

We’re very serious about promoting the foodways of African Diaspora and need your help. There are so many things to do and only so many hours in the day, and with a whole globe and quite a few languages to cover we need to develop our networks [...]

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On Yams (Part I)

By Rachel Finn On May 5, 2011 · 1 Comment

Yam, igname, ñame, inhame… all rooted in various West African words: nyam, iyan that not only refer to the tuber itself, but can also mean food, or even to eat reflecting the importance of the vegetable to cultures throughout the region . In Jamaican the word for eat is nyam. No coincidences here. I have [...]

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Bound for Turkey

By Rachel Finn On February 19, 2011 · 9 Comments

As some of you know I’ve had a great opportunity to advance the cause of Roots Cuisine. I was offered the opportunity to be part of the U.S. State Department Speakers program back in November, which meant that I would be traveling to Turkey to speak (initially) about Louisiana foodways. Interest in topics has expanded [...]

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Jamaica in Jamaica

By Rachel Finn On February 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Hibiscus sabdariffa. Here in Jamaica, jamaica is sorrel. But, much like everything else throughout Diaspora (and around the world), there are one hundred and one names for the stuff. Alright, perhaps I exaggerate a bit, there are about five that I can think of including jamaica (my personal favorite) and sorrel. There [...]

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On the Bookshelf: The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking

By Rachel Finn On September 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking: A Celebration of the Foods, History, and Romance Handed Down From England, Afrika, Caribbean, France, Germany, and Scotland (Joseph E. Dabney – Cumberland House/Sourcebooks, Inc., 2010)

The book’s subtitle, “A Celebration of the Foods, History, and Romance Handed Down from Africa, Caribbean, France, [...]

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A Closer Look: The Lowcountry & Gullah/Geechee Culture -Part I

By Rachel Finn On August 2, 2010 · 2 Comments

Part I in a series on the Lowcountry and Gullah/Geechee Culture and Food.

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Diaspora in the blogosphere…

By Rachel Finn On May 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This picture has nothing to do with anything, I just wanted any excuse to post it…Now on to what’s happening in the blogosphere…

The round up:

Cynthia Bertelsen at Gherkins & Tomatoes, discusses the paradox of Palm Oil and shares some stunning pictures of its

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African Diaspora in Chicago

By Rachel Finn On February 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Today my most recent article, which also happens to be my second feature, appeared on the front page of the Chicago Sun-Times food section. It’s a piece on –surprise, surprise– the food of the Diaspora in Chicago. Of course they published it as the big Black History Month food feature but hey, I’ll take what I (and [...]