The evolution of food demonstrates cultural adaptation.

You can’t have Bolognese sans tomato from the Americas or pepper from India.  Yet, as biracial children, we know that our mixed existences don't solve racism, and also prompt doubt.

Uncertainty need not be stifling, as portrayed via the “tragic mulatto” trope in media.  In fact, in the case tamale pie,  Mecca's yearnings for a place to claim as her own have led to culinary innovation. 

Tamale pie, woks, sunfish, and tacos. It's al