Take southern fried chicken, corn fritters, and a liberal dose of revivalist religion, and you get soul food. But it's not just food, it's a way of life. As a prelude to the new 20-part series of Food and Drink which starts next week, top
British chef Richard Shepherd goes on a cook's tour of America to learn about the traditional cuisine of US blacks. In Atlanta, Georgia, he becomes a sous-chef under the king of soul food, and in New York is chauffered to some of the best soul-food restaurants, at one of which he discovers a hot gospel group and has to sing for his supper.
Producer Wilfred Emmanuel - Jones
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