Soul food, which has special meaning during Kwanzaa, takes on several recognizable forms in the American culinary pantheon. You've heard, of course, of fried chicken, mac and cheese, collard greens ...

The late, great Aretha Franklin may have been the Queen of Soul, but was she also the queen of soul food? Well, it depends on who you ask, given that one of her favorite soul food dishes was the ...

If someone dared you to eat cooked hog intestines, would you accept the challenge? Well, chitlins (or chitterlings) are just that: the intestines of a pig that are boiled or fried in spices and ...

With chitlins about to make their annual appearance on Christmas and New Year's Day menus, scientists have good news for millions of people who love that delicacy of down-home southern cooking, but ...