Excessive on the Hog, the much-lauded Netflix collection that facilities round African American culinary historical past, is again for a second season later this month.
Excessive on the Hog relies on a guide written by meals historian Jessica B. Harris, and follows meals author Stephen Satterfield as he travels throughout america to dig deep into conventional Black foodways and the ways in which these cuisines are intimately intertwined with American tradition. In the primary season, Satterfield traveled to the Carolinas to discover the area’s rice business and be taught extra about Gullah Geechee delicacies, hit Houston for a food-packed Juneteenth celebration, and supplied a historic have a look at the impactful contributions of James Hemings and Hercules, each enslaved cooks in 1700s Virginia.
Season 2 takes the same method in exploring each historic and up to date subjects. Throughout 4 episodes, Satterfield heads to New York Metropolis, New Orleans, Los Angeles, and his hometown of Atlanta. In New Orleans, he faucets Serigne Mbaye, chef of newly minted Eater Greatest New Restaurant Dakar NOLA, for a dialog in regards to the deep cultural — and culinary — connections between West Africa and the American Gulf Coast. In Los Angeles, Satterfield explores the hyperlinks between the Black Panther Celebration’s pioneering breakfast program and concrete farming activist Karen Washington’s present-day work making neighborhood gardens and contemporary produce extra accessible to all.
The present’s first season was each a important and business success. In a 2022 interview, Satterfield informed Eater that he hoped Excessive on the Hog would change the best way that meals media — and the leisure business extra broadly — approaches these tales. “We’ve seen repeatedly in media and particularly within the leisure sector, when sources are given to Black creators to inform their very own tales, they’re extraordinarily profitable,” Satterfield mentioned. “We have now seen the outcomes of that repeatedly in Hollywood. And I hope that so far as meals media and the meals journey house, that this adjustments the concept about who generally is a host in addition to what sorts of the way we are able to inform tales about meals.”
All 4 episodes of Excessive on the Hog’s second season can be out there on Netflix on November 22. Within the meantime, you possibly can try the trailer under.
