From KCRW, I'm Evan Kliman, and you're listening to good food.

As much as I love the cooking and eating that Thanksgiving brings,

I think the best part of the holiday may be permission to do nothing for the long weekend

that follows.

If curling up on the couch in front of your TV is part of your plan this weekend, we have

some ideas for what to watch. You may have seen the first

season of High and the Hog how African American cuisine transformed America

when it debuted in 2021. The series, which is based on a book by

Dr. Jessica B Harris, won a Peabody Award. Producers Fabian Tobac and Karis Jagger return with four new episodes and continue the story of how

Black Hands in the Pot influenced cuisine across the country.

Welcome to the show.

Thank you for having us, Evan.

This is Fabian Tobac.

Thank you so much for having us, Evan. This is Kares Jagger.

I mean, what stellar work you've done for this second season.

Kudos.

We're so thrilled that you enjoyed the show.

Let's start in New Orleans where you look at the blended cultures of Creole cooking.

How does Dr. Jay, as the host Stephen Satterfield affectionately refers to Harris,

explain what makes the cuisine so special

and makes it one of the hemisphere's culinary mecca's.

This is Karyss. I think that the most incredible thing about New Orleans

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