Kayla Stewart
Kayla Stewart is an award-winning food and travel journalist. She is a columnist at The Bittman Project and Salon, and her work has been featured in The New York Times, Life & Thyme, Southern Foodways Alliance, Eater, Bon Appétit, Travel + Leisure, Heated, Texas Monthly, and others. In addition to her work as a journalist, she served as a Fulbright Scholar in Indonesia, and holds a joint master’s degree in International Relations and Journalism from New York University.
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Soul food is often typified by limited examples. Images of greasy, deep-fried chicken, buttery dishes and fatty pork are often solely associated with the cuisine. Yet, historians, chefs and authors know these dishes are a snippet of a vast and diverse cuisine that reflects different regions, religious groups and communities.
For McBride, who goes by Captain Fred, fishing isn't just a job; it's a love story, one that reached back across centuries of Black African history.