At the first meeting of the year on September 17, 2014, Judge Jackson’s group presented “THE DELICIOUS AND SURPRISING HISTORY OF SOUL FOOD” with “The Soul Food Scholar,” Adrian Miller. Charismatic Adrian is Denver’s own award winning food writer, attorney, and certified bar-b-que judge.
Adrian regaled the Inn with information about soul food, history of cuisine, and about his journay from lawyer to food writer. Adrian’s first book, Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time, won the 2014 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference and Scholarship.