Adrian Miller is a food writer, James Beard Award winner, attorney, and certified barbecue judge. It would appear that one of these things is not like the other.

Now an admitted recovering lawyer and politico, Adrian’s transition into food writing led him to become an authority on the history of soul food, barbecue, and presidential foodways. In honor of Black History Month, class is in session and the Soul Food Scholar and Laurie March have a conversation on the history of soul food and Adrian gives us a behind the scenes look at the people that really keep the White House running.