High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

Seasons

2021

7.7

TV-14

Black food is American food. Chef and writer Stephen Satterfield traces the delicious, moving throughlines from Africa to Texas in this docuseries.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Our Roots

Many staple American dishes (candied yams, okra, black eyed peas, rice) are shown to have originated in Africa as the host and the author of the series source book travel to an open air market in Benin.

S1 • E2

The Rice Kingdom

Farmer and chef Gabrielle E W Carter is one of those working to preserve African culinary traditions in today's North and South Carolina.

S1 • E3

Our Founding Chefs

From mac and cheese to Virginia ham: Jefferson's and Washington's renowned enslaved chefs James Hemings and Hercules left the nation hungry for more.

S1 • E4

Freedom

Barbecued brisket meets Senegalese lamb and a Juneteenth feast as Stephen heads to Texas to ride with Black cowboys and take in Jerrelle Guy's cakes.

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Cast

Stephen Satterfield

Self

Jessica B. Harris

Self

Adrian Miller

Self - Food Historian

Larry Callies

Michelle Wallace

Self - Chef, Gatlin's BBQ

Michael Twitty

Self

Niya Bates

Self - Monticello Director of African-American History

Gabrielle E.W. Carter

Self

Leni Ashmore Sorenson

Self

Greg Gatlin

Self - Gatlin's BBQ Co-Owner