Florida native Zora Neale Hurston's early twentieth-century ethnographic research and writing emphasizes the essentials of food in Florida through simple dishes and recipes.

It considers foods prepared for everyday meals as well as spe

Frederick Douglass Opie is a professor of history and foodways at Babson College and the author of several books including Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America, Black Labor Migration in Caribbean Guatemala, 1882-1923 and Upsetting the Apple Cart: Black and Latino Coalitions in New York From Protest to Public Office. Opie is a regular contributor on the radio show The Splendid Table and the editor of the popular food and history blog foodasalens.com.