http://marymakesgood.com/2013/04/on-soul-food.html Good things to eat. Good stuff to make. Good places to explore. Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 http://marymakesgood.com/2013/04/on-soul-food.html#comment-474 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:36:18 +0000 http://marymakesgood.wpengine.com/on-soul-food/#comment-474 Hi Chris,
I actually had the same thought after having written this post, and considered changing the topic to comfort food instead. I definitely don't mean to be dismissive of the history of soul food as a cuisine. Having grown up in a family that had a food culture rich in history, I know how important it is to preserve. This was meant more as a play on words, what kind of food feeds my soul as opposed to someone else's. I'd hoped that would come across in the writing, but we bloggers sometimes miss the mark. Thanks for your comment, and giving me the chance to elaborate on that point!

]]> http://marymakesgood.com/2013/04/on-soul-food.html#comment-473 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:58:24 +0000 http://marymakesgood.wpengine.com/on-soul-food/#comment-473 I appreciate what you’re saying here. Vegetables are important and can give you a certain sense of satisfaction beyond merely satiating an appetite. At the same time, it sounds kind of dismissive of what certain cultures of people consider soul food. In African American culture, soul food was somewhat the result of NOT having access to vegetables or the good parts of vegetables and learning how to make due. Saying that veggies are soul food to you kind of sounds like, “Yeah, that doesn’t matter now. We have access to veggies, so none of that matters.”

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