Soul food, which has special meaning during Kwanzaa, takes on several recognizable forms in the American culinary pantheon. You've heard, of course, of fried chicken, mac and cheese, collard greens ...

Jay, you’re not going to write about chittlins in this week’s column, are you?” asked one faithful reader this past weekend. Ah, yes. She gave me an involuntary shudder. After Irven Kuykendall asked ...