Feed Me Now and Evermore: The Enduring Power of African American Sunday Suppers

Rhythms, Roots, Recipes: Community Stories of Food and Music brings together cooking demonstrations, live music, and storytelling. Each program in the series explores traditions that animate families and communities across the United States—and beyond.

In many African American homes, the Sunday supper remains an important moment to reconnect among family, honor ancestral ties, and share recipes reflecting history, faith, and community.

In this cooking demonstration, chef and artist Roscoe Hall and author and food historian Adrian Miller explore why the Sunday supper continues to be a cornerstone of family and cultural life. As Hall prepares brown butter crab rice and gumbo, Arkansas-based S. Juain Young and Artists United perform songs from the African American church that have long nourished hearts, souls, and movements.