Been doing a lot of reading about food lately (of course), and have come across the word, "foodways", several times. My first thought is... foodways (insert more ellipses and question mark). Don't bother yourself heading over to dictionary.com, (it's not there). Foodways is actually a term used to describe the cultural, social and economic practices relating to the production and consumption of food. Foodways often refers to the intersection of food in culture, traditions, and history. (From Wikipedia, oooh someone that works in the library system used wikipedia as a source? :O). I actually came across this term in my most recent read, "Afro-Vegan" by Bryant Terry. In his book, Terry shouts out another thing I was unfamiliar to, an African Heritage Diet Pyramid, created by a nonprofit organization I also had no idea about called, Oldways. Turns out Oldways is an organization all about guiding people to good health through heritage. There are many different legs of the organization, including their African Heritage & Health program, whose mission is: to improve the health of the African-American community, Oldways celebrates the pleasures, culture and healthfulness of African heritage diets and foods. Here is a picture of the African Heritage Diet Pyramid, but their website has loads of cool information, I even learned there is an African Heritage & Health Week!! but don't take my word for it, go on over to this amazing organization's site: http://oldwayspt.org/programs/african-heritage-health #FOODIE
