Soul Kitchen staples are beans, pork, fried chicken, and cornmeal is used in cornbread, hush puppies, and a coating for fried fish.
Congratulations to this South Jersey restaurant for winning this delicious award.
According to nj.com, this South Jersey restaurant has won a prestigious award, the first a New Jersey restaurant has won in over a decade. The award is the James Beard America’s Classic Award.
What is the James Beard America’s Classic Award?
According to the James Beard Foundation, this is an incredible award given to local restaurants that have this delicious appeal and are loved for the quality of their food as well as the character of their community.
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The James Beard Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate, support, and uplift the people behind America’s food culture and champion a standard of good food rooted in talent, equity, and sustainability. , according to jamesbeard.org.
Congratulations to Corinne’s Place in Camden, NJ, winner of Soul Food.
For over 30 years, Corrine’s Place has been serving soulful good food. Corinne’s Place is known for its ribs, fried fish, pork chops, turkey wings, fried chicken, mac and cheese and more.
Thanks to delish.com, the phrase “soul food” originated in the mid-60s. Soul was a common word used to describe African-American culture. Soul food is home cooking. Its roots and very many generations come from the rural south.
Corrinne’s Place in Camden is only the fifth restaurant in New Jersey to receive this honor. Other New Jersey winners were Doris & Ed’s at Highlands in 1998, White House Sub Shop in Atlantic City in 2000, Ocean County’s Mustache Bill’s Diner at Barnegat Light in 2009. For more information on this prestigious award, click here.
