Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Awakening Land -- 1. The Indigenous Peoples of the Mid-Atlantic -- Ancient Human Migration -- The Paleo-Indian Period -- The Archaic Period -- The Woodland Period -- 2. Development of Agriculture -- Dining Habits and Eating Customs of Indigenous Peoples -- The Reemergence of Indigenous Foods -- Brunswick Stew -- Venison and Green Corn Stew -- Fried Lobster Tails with Skunk Bean Succotash -- Sautéed Ramps -- Roasted Turkey -- Cornbread -- Pawpaw Pudding -- 3. Where the African Diaspora Meets the Colonial Crossroads -- The Columbian Exchange -- African Roots: From the Middle Passage to Slavery -- Food Is Power -- 4. The Evolution of Fusion Cooking in Colonial America -- The Wye Plantation and the Lloyd Family Cookbooks -- Okra and Tomato Stew -- Harriet's Lemon Pound Cake -- Pickled Watermelon Rind -- Nelly Parke Custis Lewis -- Hoecakes and Honey -- Virginia Ham Biscuits -- Christopher Ludwig -- Philadelphia Pepper Pot Stew -- Gingerbread Cake with Spice Whipped Cream -- James Hemings -- Truffled Lobster Macaroni and Cheese -- Marinated Asparagus -- Snow Eggs -- Elizabeth Goodfellow -- Mrs. Goodfellow's Dover Cake -- 5. The Road to Freedom: African Americans in the Food Industry -- The Black Watermen of the Chesapeake -- Coddies -- Baked Trout with Oyster Stuffing -- Virginia Blue Crab Pie -- Thomas Downing -- Oyster Pan Roast -- Whatever Happened to Turtle Soup? -- Emeline Jones -- Mock Terrapin Soup -- More Than Just Navy Beans -- The Famous Senate Restaurant Bean Soup -- Chicken Maryland -- Chicken Maryland with Corn Crab Fritters -- St. Mary's County Southern Maryland Stuffed Ham -- 6. The Immigrant Experience -- The European Immigrant Experience -- The Great Migration -- The Immigrants of Latin America -- Shakshouka.

Stuffed Grapevine Leaves -- Chicken Soup with Egg-Lemon Sauce (Avgolemono) -- Borscht -- Liberian-Style Collard Greens -- Oyster Stew -- Brodetto -- Barbecued Beef Brisket -- Corned Beef and Cabbage -- Fried Catfish -- Trenton Tomato Pie -- Pepperoni Rolls -- Amish Potato Salad -- Colcannon -- Fish Pepper Hot Sauce -- "A Wedding without Cookies Is Like a Wedding without Drink!": Cookie Tables -- Almond Cookies (Amygdalota) -- Berger Cookies -- Arnold Reuben -- New York-Style Cheesecake -- About the Author.