Adrian Miller talks about the past and future of soul food at Cora Faye's tonight

Tonight at Cora Faye's, Slow Food Denver is hosting an evening with sou- food scholar and author Adrian Miller, a finalist for the James Beard Foundation award for his book Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time. See also: The ten best culinary...

By Ben Landreth

April 3, 2014

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Tonight at Cora Faye's, Slow Food Denver is hosting an evening with sou- food scholar and author Adrian Miller, a finalist for the James Beard Foundation award for his book Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time.

"We're going to eat, and we're going to talk about where soul food is going," Miller promises. The menu for the evening includes fried chicken, catfish, collard greens, black- eyed peas, candied yams, cornbread, hushpuppies, sweet potato pie and peach cobbler.

Tickets (if still available) are $38 for Slow Food members and $43 for non-members; RSVP here.

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