African Heritage Diet as Medicine: How Black Food Can Heal the Community

Growing up in Oklahoma, as I snapped fresh green beans with my maternal grandma, I would hear phrases, "Eat like your grandmother to reach a ripe old age," or about "getting good genes in the family." Well, a 2018 study published in Genetics that analyzed family trees of more than 400 million people suggested that genetics are not as influential on life span as I would have thought. The truth is, what you eat, the company you keep and how you live your life are more impactful.

This citrus salad, made with grapefruit, tangerines and navel and blood oranges, is equally at home as part of your brunch spread or served as a …

Here tender collards are wrapped around a filling of rice and lamb spiked with Japanese ingredients like sake and furikake, then baked in a …

Red Red is a black-eyed pea (cowpea) stew cooked in a gently spiced tomato sauce. It's a great vegan dish that's eaten all day long in Ghana—as an …

Bammy is made by shaping ground cassava into discs. The cakes are lightly seasoned and pan-fried to seal their shape, then soaked in coconut milk and …

This easy pesto recipe is a great way to make use of often-discarded turnip greens and is a fan-favorite dish at Make Food Not Waste, an organization …

This salad is an exquisite combination of flavors: sweet roasted beets mingle with the spicy acidity of the pickled carrots, fragrant dill and the …