Motivated by his love for his Nana, who has to change her eating habits for her health, a lively young boy embarks on a neighborhood adventure to discover tasty vegan soul food.

"Theresa McCulla probes the overt and covert ways that the production of food and food discourse both creates and reinforces many strains of inequality in New Orleans, a city often defined by its foodways. She uses menus, cookbooks, newspapers, dolls, and other material culture to limn the interplay among the production and reception of food, the inscription and reiteration of racial hierarchies, and the constant diminishment and exploitation of working-class...