~Dream Kitchens~

 

OK, I like to keep it real on this blog. I believe that you can cook a fabulous and tasty meal in any size kitchen. In fact, some of the best food I’ve ever had was whipped up in a tiny kitchen with old utensils and minimal counter space. But every once in a while [...]

Garlic Lemon Chicken Pasta

What do you do when it’s almost 7 o’clock and you need to cook up a quick dinner with whatever you have in your fridge and pantry? Stick to the tried and true – pasta! Inexpensive, wholesome and filling, pasta dishes are just about the easiest dish you can make and with thousands of different [...]

Cooks of Color Spotlight: Delilah Winder

One of the reasons I started this blog was to showcase cooks of color who may not ordinarily get exposure on tv, in print and on food blogs. I will try to post a new cook/chef each week and hopefully readers will start submitting their own friends and family to be featured. First up is [...]

Serving Up: Fried Chicken

Today’s recipe comes from B. Smith’s website Serving Up Soul. Sponsored by General Mills the site features everything from recipes, party planning tips and a checklist for stocking your kitchen with all the essentials necessary for entertaining or just preparing a small meal for your family.
 

What’s Seasonal Where You Live?

Need help finding the freshest produce in your area? Epicurious has a seasonal ingredient map that lets you know what’s fresh in your state during each month of the year.

Apple Cinnamon Pecan Pancakes

Good morning. This past weekend I cracked open my Ethnic Cuisine cookbook and tried their variation on the great American pancake.

Happy Memorial Day!

What better way to kick off the summer than a traditional barbecue on Memorial Day. Despite being 8 1/2 months pregnant (please don’t make fun of my fat face!) i managed to throw together a pretty good meal with all of our family favorites. More pics and recipes under the cut!

Red Velvet Cake

Over the past few years there has been a noticeable re-emergence of the Red Velvet Cake recipe. You can’t open a magazine, visit a soul food restaurant, or open a baking book without coming across some variation of this timeless classic. Originally a Southern dessert (aren’t they all?) Red Velvet Cake with its signature cocoa [...]

Welcome to Soul Cookbook

Soul Cookbook is a daily food and beverage blog written by Jerise Henson, a born and raised New Yorker now living in Los Angeles. After noticing a lack of diversity in the food blogging arena she decided to start this blog to catalogue her own food musings as well as provide a forum for cultural discussion, [...]