The Gospel Bird with Debra Freeman

Debra Freeman is back with us to talk about her latest adventures! She has a fantastic new article out on Eater: Freedom, Finances and Fried Chicken, and a delicious new podcast on the Whetstone Radio Collective, Setting the Table.

Debra has written for Plate Magazine, Epicurious, Garden and Gun, Pit Magazine, Gravy, Southern Grit Magazine, and Gastro Obscura, has had her work featured in Huffington Post and The New York Times, and has done cultural commentary for BBC Radio and other international outlets. Freeman writes about the intersection of race, culture, and food.

Excerpted from Freedom, Finances and Fried Chicken by Debra Freeman:

Even though Black women are the reason you can look at menus all over the country and see fried chicken, the impact of Black women in the culinary space extends far beyond that single dish and needs to be acknowledged. It is clear their hands have touched nearly every facet of what we consider American food, yet their achievements are rarely spoken about or celebrated, let alone celebrated to the same degree as many others in the food space. The skills born of necessity during enslavement later became the tools to support their families and their communities, and because of their skill and culinary innovation, the recipes spread throughout the country, leaving dishes that still endure.

We cannot be certain of the first person to fry chicken in America, but everyone who enjoys the Gospel Bird owes a debt to the Black women who cooked under unimaginable conditions to create a better life for themselves and their families. Without their ingenuity, talent, and knowledge, our nation would be far less delicious.

Debra’s links:

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/setting-the-table/id1612896458

Article: https://www.eater.com/23156528/fried-chicken-south-virginia-black-women-history

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deb.freeman.125

Twitter: https://twitter.com/audiophilegirl

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/audiophilegirl/

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