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As with any other type of entrepreneurship, the task of starting a restaurant business requires a reliable marketing strategy and an effective approach toward communicating the company’s mission and vision to its customers. Using websites to advertise a restaurant has been a common practice for a while since modern media has captured the scene, leaving traditional advertisement tools very few opportunities for capturing people’s attention. However, even with websites, the task of making a restaurant popular among the intended audiences is a challenging task since not all sites are deemed reputable and are frequented by multiple visitors. READ MORE…

Food is an essential part of our life, and it is hard to imagine the world without a variety of cuisines. Nowadays, it is not only a basic need for a human but also a source of pleasure and a good reason to spend time together with your relatives and friends. We are all used to a wide choice of national cuisines and always try something new and unusual. Food has an important function: it brings cultures together and allows people to learn more about other nations and their gastronomic habits. Soul food and barbeq are some of the most favorite meals among Americans. But do you actually know where they first appeared and how they gained popularity in the US? This article will take you on a gastronomic journey across the US to find out the origins of the famous soul food and barbq restaurants. READ MORE…

Soul food is the ethnic African-American cuisine traditionally cooked in the Southern United States. The term was invented in the mid-1960s when the Black Power movement was gaining momentum and African Americans tried to emphasize their unique culinary traditions (Avieli & Markowitz, 2018). Besides being a traditional cuisine of the Africans, it carries the terrifying fate of the slaves. It is inspired by their best way to preserve the African heritage despite all their eradication and suffering. This paper aims to discuss the history of soul food and its impact on American cuisine.
With the rise of civil rights and black nationalist movements in the 1960s, many African Americans sought to reaffirm their share of American cultural heritage. Since terms such as “soul brother,” “soul sister,” and “soul music,” were common, it was natural that the term “soul food” would be used to describe recipes that African Americans have been preparing for generations. This term may have been first used in 1962 by a civil rights activist and poet Amiri Baraka (Avieli & Markowitz, 2018). Sylvia Woods opened her famous Sylvia's restaurant in Harlem the same year. Today, Woods is known by many as the ``queen of the soul food”. READ MORE…