The Carolina Rice Kitchen: The African Connection

by Karen Hess

A pioneering history of the Carolina rice kitchen and its African influences

Where did rice originate? How did the name Hoppin' John evolve? Why was the famous rice called "Carolina Gold"?

The rice kitchen of early Carolina was the result of a myriad of influences--Persian, Arab, French, English, African--but it was primarily the creation of enslaved African American cooks. And it evolved around the use of Carolina Gold. Although...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643363409
• ISBN13: 9781643363400
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"