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Two Chefs on Keeping Alive, and Redefining, Soul Food

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Two Chefs on Keeping Alive, and Redefining, Soul Food

At their restaurants in New York and Chicago, Shenarri Freeman and Erick Williams are celebrating the cuisine in their own ways.

By Korsha Wilson

How Dapper Dan, Harlem Haberdasher, Spends His Sundays

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How Dapper Dan, Harlem Haberdasher, Spends His Sundays

The style icon is a news obsessive, a reader, a salsa dancer and a churchgoer (he skips the sermons, though).

By Paige Darrah

A New Orleans Dinner Party With Home-Cooked Soul Food and Clean Plates

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A New Orleans Dinner Party With Home-Cooked Soul Food and Clean Plates

“It’s nice to have dinners like this after what the city has been through,” says the musician and entertainer Big Freedia.

By Sandra E. Garcia and Lelanie Foster

At Sylvia’s in Harlem, Food Is a Family Affair

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At Sylvia’s in Harlem, Food Is a Family Affair

The grande dame of New York soul food, now run by a new generation of the Woods dynasty, has been feeding the city, and its most distinguished visitors, for six decades.

By Reggie Nadelson