Foodways Vol. 2 — The Ingredients Traveled, Too: Africa in the American Pantry (Kid-Friendly Edition — Interactive Edition)

Okra, peas, peppers, and rice crossed an ocean in memory and in seed — and young readers follow each one on its documented trail. Stories people love but cannot prove, like seeds hidden in braided hair, are labeled as traditions in simple words. Every chapter ends with a safe Kid-Kitchen Activity: washing, snapping, shelling, and mixing — no knives, no frying, and no heat steps for children.

Inside the Kid-Friendly Edition — Interactive Edition: the complete book, all 6 chapters, full text; recorded narration by Marcus (24.73 minutes, every chapter read aloud); a chronological timeline; a 10-question quiz drawn strictly from the text; every chapter closes with its sources and a method note. Kid-Kitchen Activities — one safe activity closes every chapter: no knives, no frying, no heat steps for children (any heat step is marked a grown-up step), with handwashing and allergy notes in every box; activities are labeled "inspired by" the chapter, never presented as a historical person's actual recipe. For educators: a TEKS correlation sheet for this volume is available with the Foodways Educator materials — mapped against the adopted Texas standards, claiming only what the sheet claims; eligible, not district-adopted.

The chapters: Seeds and Memory · Rice Was Knowledge: The Carolina Lowcountry · Okra, Peas, and Peppers · One Pot, Many Hands · Gardens Behind the Quarters · Gullah Geechee Tables

Foodways is Series 5 from The Digital Black Voice, by Carlos L. Young Sr. The hands that fed America — named at last. All receipts.