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Fried chicken and sweet potato pancakes, Hoover's Cooking, Austin, TX. Chicken 'n cakes was a popular combo in the 1800s. Chicken & waffle taco, Lucky J's, Austin, TX. Fried chicken and cheddar waffle with maple syrup or agave and a Bloody Mary garnished with pickled okra and pickled green tomatoes @Ellen Sweets home (not open for business), Austin, TX.
A fried chicken and cheddar waffle platter glorifried by @Hannah Sweets, Austin, TX Dessert options, Bayseas, San Antonio, TX. Trout taco, Bayseas, San Antonio, TX.
Fried drum sandwich, Bayseas, San Antonio, TX Blueberry cheesecake crunch, Mikki's Cafe, Houston, TX. Chicken curry and rice, collard greens and cornbread, Mikki's Cafe, Houston, TX.
Barbecue beef sandwich @ New Zion Missionary Baptist Church BBQ, Huntsville, TX--where smoked meat is a blessing, not a burnt offering! Fried "katfish," grits, scrambled eggs and a biscuit @ The Breakfast Klub, Houston, TX. Dirty rice, mac n' cheese, green beans and tea cakes @ This Is It, Houston, TX.
Fried chicken, red beans & rice, gumbo, cornbread, a pickled pepper, and triple chocolate cake @ Frenchy's, Houston, TX. "Sunshine's Pecan Thang," a caramel & pecan tort a la mode with a chocolate drizzle. I've been repeatedly singing R. Kelly's "Honey Love" since I tried this. That song is about dessert, right? "Chicken and wobble" martini (vodka, hard cider and cranberry juice) @ Button's, Addison, TX.
Fried chicken, waffles, blueberry infuaed butter, fresh berry compote, sweet potato pomme frites and collards @ Button's, Addison, TX. Shrimp, catfish w/ jalapeno cheese grits, red eye gravy and an over easy egg @ Button's, Addison, TX. My birthday dinner prepared by Nelson Hsu & Kim Kho: alder planked salmon, grilled veggies--asparagus, portabella mushrooms, and bell peppers, couscous, fresh tomatoes, chicken andouille sausage and Korean-style bbq beef. Whew!
Nelson Hsu, the proud new papa of a Big Green Egg. It's great for grilling. Pot roast, collard greens w/ smoked turkey, steamed vegetables, okra, corn and tomatoes, hot water cornbread, peach cobbler and Orange Nehi soda @ South Dallas Cafe, TX. A very moist after-church repast: a smoked turkey sandwich @ Two Podners Bar-B-Que & Seafood, Dallas, TX. Recommended to me by a police officer. They usually know the good eating spots.
Left to right: smoked beef brisket taco, boneless pork rib taco, & smoked chicken taco @ Off the Bone, Dallas, TX Catfish Floyd's version of a huah puppy Left to right: catfish (bone-in) combo and perch combo with fries and hush puppies.
Smoked turkey leg, Catfish Floyd's, South Dallas, TX Window sign @ Catfish Floyd's, South Dallas, Texas. Down Home turkey and dressing burger & BBQ Soul Burger @ Soul Burger, Inglewood, CA. This turkey burger w/ soul food toppings place will be featured on "Outrageous Food" this July.
Gooey butter cake, a St. Louis specialty, MP's Soul Food Eatery, North Hollywood, CA. Known as "crack cake" after you've taken a bite. Chicken and waffles, pink lemonade@ MP's (Miss Peaches) Soul Food, North Hollywood, CA. At last, the No. 9 (chicken wings and waffles) with greens @ Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles, LA, CA.
Lima beans, collard greens, okra, corn & tomatoes @ Chef Marilyn's Soul Food Express, LA, CA. Pepper steak (soy protein), collard greens, candied yams & red beans and brown rice @ Vegitup, Inglewood, CA. BBQ chick'n (soy protein), collard greens, mac n' cheese, red beans & brown rice, cornbread muffin & mint julep lemonade @ Vegitup, Inglewood, CA.
Sweet potato cheesecake @ Harriet's, Inglewood, CA. A serious plate of pinto beans, rice, and fried chicken @ Bertha's Soul Food, LA, CA. Sock-it-to-me cake, Dulan's Soul Food Kitchen, LA, CA.
Beef short ribs over rice, okra, corn & tomatoes, candied yams, black eyed peas and a corn muffin @ Dulan's Soul Food Kitchen, LA, CA. Mel's Fish Shack sampler: catfish, oysters, shrimp, blackened salmon with a salad--LA, CA. Fried Sand Dab (an ocean fish), coleslaw, & whole wheat bread @ Mel's Fish Shack, Crenshaw District, LA, CA.
Apple cobbler @ The Cobbler Lady, LA, CA. Mural inside of Soul Dog (a combo hot dog & soul food joint) in Los Angeles, CA. This will look familiar to fans of the TV show "Good Times." The Big Otis Special: fried chicken, fries, mac n' cheese & the Original Soul Dog (collard green cucumber relish, sweet potato puree & bacon crumbles) @ Soul Dog, LA, CA.
Peach cobbler and banana pudding, M & M Soul Food, LA, CA. Fried whiting, potato salad, blackeyed peas, and cabbage @ M & M, LA, CA. Fried pork chops, red beans & rice, cornbread stuffing, mac n' cheese @ M &M, LA, CA.
The front window @ Ms. Ruby's Bakery, Inglewood, CA. I won't show the piece of red velvet cake that I ate. Ms. Ruby wraps individual slices in plastic. You can imagine what happens to the frosting. Not so pretty. More reasons to love spooning: fried catfish, grits, scrambled eggs & a biscuit @ The Serving Spoon, Inglewood, CA. Bourbon and Coke cake w/ bourbon milk panna cotta, Pican, Oakland, CA
Banana pudding, Pican, Oakland, CA Glazed Berkshire pork chop, Hoppin' John, green tomato chow chow, Pican, CA Mustard, barbecued salmon, garlicky green beans, wild mushrooms, sweet onion puree, Pican, Oakland,CA
Shrimp and grits, Pican, Oakland, CA Catfish ceviche w/ green tomatoes, celery, cilantro and bbq spice potato chips. Smoked Berkshire pork belly w/ a soft boiled egg and hoecakes, Pican, Oakland, CA
Oxtails, collard greens, black eyed peas @ Nellies, Oakland, CA. Catfish "sandwich" @ Nellie's, Oakland, CA. Pork neckbones, collard greens, string beans, black eyed peas, fried chicken and corn muffins @ Nellie's, Oakland, CA.
Teriyaki salmon buried under grilled onions and peppers, mac n' cheese, collard greens @ Oohh's & Aahh's Soul Food Restaurant (I love that name!), Wash., DC. This place was once featured on Triple D. Went to church with the Groff family (Peter, Regina, Malachi & Moriah) then picked up this rib sandwich @ The Tender Rib, Temple Hills, MD (winner of the Steve Harvey "Hoodie"award). To atone for recent meals, here's an all vegan lunch from Soul Vegetarian & Exodus Carryout, Wash., DC: the Marcus Garvey veggie burger, mac n' cheese, greens, pepper "steak," rice, and sweet potato pie.
South Carolina-style sweet potato pie, key lime bread pudding @ Chatham's D'vine Bakery, Wash. , DC. Baked chicken, mac n' cheese, greens and sweet potato pie, Saint's Paradise Cafeteria, Wash., DC Turkey wings & stuffing, greens, string beans & cornbread @ Henry's. Soul Cafe, Wash., DC.
Baked croaker (fish), candied yams, and cabbage@ Florida Avenue Grill, Wash, DC. Smothered pork chops, collard greens, and mashed potatoes @ Florida Avenue Grill, Wash, DC. 100% soul--a pig's foot sandwich with a red drink and hpt sauce. I made it healthy by using whole wheat bread. Florida Avenue Grill, Wash., DC.
Horace & Dickey's, Washington, DC: the fish "sandwich"--4 fried whiting filets (infused w/ hot sauce by me) nesting on 2 slices of white bread. Cinco de Mayo meets the American South in, um, Colorado: smoked pulled pork quesadilla with peach and habanero chile salsa, B'z BBQ, Colo. Springs, CO. Mac n' cheese with a side of interesting advice, Sallie Ann Robinson's home, Savannah, GA.
Home of Angie and Johnny Mosier, Atlanta, GA: caramel cake. Fox Bros Bar BQ, Atlanta, GA: fried pickles & fried jalapeno chips appetizer (1/2 order). Brown Family Restaurant, Savannah, GA: smothered pork chop, red rice, okra, tomatoes and corn, green beans, roll and lemonade.
Home of Gullah cooking expert Sallie Ann Robinson, Savannah, GA: homemade biscuits with pear preserves. Home of Gullah cooking expert Sallie Ann Robinson, Savannah, GA: crab rice, cabbage, mac n' cheese and iced sweet green tea. Sallie Ann Robinson, author of "Cooking the Gullah Way."
Sisters of the New South, Savannah, GA: "3-1" cake--red velvet, white and chocolate cake. Sisters of the New South, Savannah, GA: fried whiting, collards, broccoli & cheese casserole, lemon rice, and orange drink. United House of Prayer for All People, Savannah, GA: ox tails & gravy, red rice, cabbage, cornbread, coconut pound cake and punch. Proof that soul food is a blessing. Amen!
Judy's, Asian-American run southern buffet in Milledgeville, GA: fried whiting, fried chicken, spaghetti, collards, cabbage, green beans, pinto beans, hush puppies, sweet tea. Daily special @ Robert's Family Soul Food, Lithonia, GA: baked chicken quarter, black eyed peas, greens, cornbread. There was an amazing dessert display but the owner wouldn't let me take a picture of it. Chillin' with a scuba- diving Easter Bunny earlier today @ Denver's Downtown Aquarium.
My kind of sign, seen today @ Gethsemane Temple COGIC, 26th and Colo. Blvd, Denver. A very comforting beginning to this sign in the window of the Lo-Cost Meat & Fish Market, Fillmore and Haight, San Francisco, CA. "Georgia Ice Cream" (2 over easy eggs served on a grits mound w/a biscuit) at The Pork Store (est. 1916), San Francisco, CA
Southern fried tofu, mac n' cheese,and collards @ Souley Vegan, Oakland, CA. Had a good time presenting to the Denver Eclectics tonight. The audience was 150 strong, and we grubbed on excellent food like the mac n' cheese pictured here. The recipe was from Thomas Jefferson. Just finished a Black Chef's in the White House presentation @ Philly's historic City Tavern restaurant established in 1773. On the menu: beef medallions in green peppercorn sauce, mashed potatoes, squash and bread pudding
Fried chicken, smothered cabbage w/ smoked turkey, and the mac n' cheese that Oprah loves @ Delilah's, 30th St. Station, Philadelphia. Red velvet cheesecake, a big seller @ Hershel's East Side Deli, Reading Terminal Market, Philadelphia. The soul food tour continues: a smothered turkey "chop," rice and gravy, black eyed peas, and greens @ Deborah's Kitchen, Philadelphia, PA.
Snickers bread pudding @ Park & Co., Denver Sage advice offered in the buffet line @ Chef Anthony's Southern Cooking in Vicksburg,MS. Fried alligator with Comeback Sauce, Delta Bistro, Greenwood, MS.
Buffalo fish "ribs," green beans, and spaghetti (considered a soulful side dish) @ Betty's Place, Indianola, MS. Minutes from the BB King Museum. OK, now I'm officially piling on. Here's another MS Delta treat...pickled pig lips in a red liquid! Couldn't bring myself to try one. Here's a bumper sticker I got @ from the Delta Center for Culture and Learning @ Delta State Univ.
Behold...the Koolickle (Kool-Aid pickle) in its native habitat! I got this one in Cleveland, MS earlier today. The Joint, bbq in NOLA. Really good product...who knew??
Teriyaki salmon buried under grilled onions and peppers, mac n' cheese, collard greens @ Oohh's & Aahh's Soul Food Restaurant (I love that name!), Wash., DC. This place was once featured on Triple D.   
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