Did you know that WAFFLE WEEK is always the first full week in September? Or anything about all the amazing hidden Black History behind waffle making right here in America?! I recently discussed that very topic with PBS’s KQED in the context of the history of Chicken & Waffles … I make a cameo or two somewhere in that hyperlinked video and also MOST OF MY WORDS and research are delivered by the host in said video b/c apparently KQED took liberties to turn my commentary into a script for her to read. Rather than to have me appear on camera too much i suppose? It’s ongoing normalized egregious uncredited uncompensated practices like this that are rampant throughout the American media industry that make it necessary for otherwise smart people like me to have to resort to asking people to support my work via Patreon.
SEPT 2ND IS ALSO
• Labor Day: great day for barbecues, cookouts, and such but here in Brooklyn it’s also a great day to eat West Indian food given that this is the day of the annual West Indian Day Parade …B/c The West Indies, aka the Caribbean (named after the indigenous Kalinago or Carib peoples) is comprised of at least 13 , or 18 OR 26 sovereign nations (the # changes depending on whether you count the several Central and South American nations that border the Caribbean Sea / Gulf of Mexico / west of the Atlantic Ocean) which most certainly identify as West Indian and/or Caribbean. I say all that to say that is a lot of diverse cuisine to explore — similar in some ways but very different in many…
above is a pic of a coconut vendor pop-up stand during one of the 5th ave street fairs around the corner in my neighborhood….
• Sept 2nd is also “Eat Grits For Breakfast Day” which forever more I will simply refer to as “Grits Day” b/c grits can be for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner!… Not only are (real) stone ground grits packed with nutrients, the uniquely American grits story is jam packed with New World and Old World History. Definitely a good reason to join my Patreon :)
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