Yellow Cake, Biscuits, and the Legacy of Black Baking
For the season finale of Setting the Table, Deb explores one of her favorite topics, Black bakers and baking. From biscuits to yellow cake,...
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Setting the Table
Hosted by Deb Freeman, Setting the Table is a podcast that explores the stories and histories of African American cuisine and foodways. From Sunday barbeques to the spirits in your cocktails...
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11 episodesBlack Women in Activism and Food
During the civil rights era, Black women to used their skills as chefs and cooks to support social movements in this country. On this episod...
Barbeque Legacies in Los Angeles
One of the lasting effects of the Great Migration is the movement of Black foodways, and one of the best examples of this movement is barbec...
Virginia: The Birthplace of Barbeque
On this episode, we take a deeper dive into the time-honored American tradition of Barbeque and its beginnings in Virginia by exploring the...
The Future of Black Food
Where does Black food go from here? How are today’s chefs pushing the narrative of Black food forward? This episode takes a look forward be...
The Complicated Stories of Soul Food
Down home cooking, also known as soul food, is African American cuisine stemming from the days of enslavement, spread throughout the country...
Let's Talk about Black Brewing & Distilling
African American foodways have not only influenced the way that Americans eat, but also how we drink as well. This episode will explore the...
The Resurgence of Black Farming
It’s been a few generations since the Great Migration, and we starting to see a resurgence of African-Americans deciding to return to agricu...
What happened to Black farmers?
African Americans have always had a complicated relationship with farming, despite being the backbone of America’s early agricultural indust...
The Great Migration and Black Foodways
To understand African American foodways, we must first understand The Great Migration. From the 1910’s to the 1970’s, over six million Afric...
Trailer - Setting the Table
Find out what's in store from the newest upcoming podcast from the Whetstone Radio Collective, Setting the Table, a podcast about African Am...