Street Foodie: Soul Food and Beyond
African-American cuisine and Black-owned restaurants jazz up the valley’s food sceneBlack culinary traditions are as significant a contribution to the history of American creativity as any made by the people of the African diaspora. Many flavors we perceive as central to American cuisine originated in kitchens run by Black people. If you’ve ever enjoyed a potato chip, you have indulged in a Black American delicacy as definitive as a Jimi Hendrix solo. Las Vegas may not be a soul food hub such as Houston, Atlanta, or even Washington, D.C., but it is a place of deep diversity, and many of th...
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