Kwanzaa Culinarians

Recipes and Food Stories from the African Diaspora

Braised Pork Neck and Cabbage Recipe, From "The Hungry Hutch"

Braised Pork Neck and Cabbage

Ujima | Aaron of The Hungry Hutch discuss how he teaches people to feed themselves without expensive ingredients, such as his richly flavored Braised Pork Neck and Cabbage Recipe.

December 28, 2017
Kale

Zulu Curry Cabbage

By John Burton Jr of The Food Cravelogist Always one to fiddle around with new flavors and cuisines, I stumbled upon a mouth-watering cabbage recipe in a book entitled The African Kitchen.

December 31, 2014
Ujima: Naomi’s Community Work with her Church

Ujima: Naomi’s Community Work with her Church

After I received my assigned principle about Kwanzaa, I tried to narrow down what specific recipe I could write about. My principle is Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), which means … Continue reading →

December 28, 2011

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Learn more about Kwanzaa

The word "Kwanzaa" comes from the phrase, "matunda ya kwanza" which means "first-fruits." Kwanzaa's extra "a" evolved as a result of a particular history of the Organization Us. It was clone as an expression of African values in order to inspire the creativity of our children. In the early days of Us, there were seven children who each wanted to represent a letter of Kwanzaa. Since kwanza (first) has only six letters, we added an extra "a" to make it seven, thus creating "Kwanzaa." To learn more about Kwanzaa, visit the Official Kwanzaa Website.