97 Soul Food Trivia Questions with Answers
97 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which 1866 cookbook by Malinda Russell is considered the first published cookbook by an African American woman?
Answer
A Domestic Cook Book
Which leafy vegetable is the main ingredient in the Southern dish mustard greens?
Answer
Mustard greens
Who directed the 1997 American film Soul Food?
Answer
George Tillman Jr.
In Nashville hot chicken, which spice supplies the dish’s signature heat?
Answer
Cayenne pepper
Which chef founded the New Orleans restaurant Willie Mae’s Scotch House in 1957?
Answer
Willie Mae Seaton
What dish combines fried chicken with waffles and is associated with African American soul food restaurants?
Answer
Chicken and waffles
What New Orleans restaurant did Leah Chase make famous as the “Queen of Creole Cuisine”?
Answer
Dooky Chase’s Restaurant
Who wrote Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus, published in 1911?
Answer
Rufus Estes
What part of a pig is used in the Southern soul food dish called hog maw?
Answer
Pig stomach
Who wrote The Jemima Code, a 2015 history of African American cookbooks and food writers?
Answer
Toni Tipton-Martin
Who wrote Vibration Cooking, a 1970 memoir and cookbook about African American foodways?
Answer
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
Who co-founded Atlanta’s Paschal’s restaurant with his brother James in 1947?
Answer
Robert Paschal
Which baked pasta dish made with cheese is a familiar soul food side dish?
Answer
Macaroni and cheese
Which poultry dish, seasoned and fried until crisp, is a classic soul food staple?
Answer
Fried chicken
Which dish of bananas, vanilla wafers, and custard is a familiar soul food dessert?
Answer
Banana pudding
Which dessert made with cooked sweet potatoes is a traditional soul food favorite?
Answer
Sweet potato pie
Which bean is traditionally used in the Louisiana soul food dish red beans and rice?
Answer
Red kidney beans
Who wrote The Cooking Gene, a 2017 book tracing African American and Southern food history?
Answer
Michael W. Twitty
In soul food, what animal part are chitterlings?
Answer
Pig intestines
What 1881 cookbook by formerly enslaved chef Abby Fisher is an early African American cookbook?
Answer
What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking