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title: "HDI’s Culinary Diplomacy Program – An African American Thanksgiving: Bringing Soul Food to Bahrain and Norway"
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# [HDI’s Culinary Diplomacy Program – An African American Thanksgiving: Bringing Soul Food to Bahrain and Norway](https://denicolafamilyfoundation.org/news/hdis-culinary-diplomacy-program-an-african-american-thanksgiving-bringing-soul-food-to-bahrain-and-norway)

 Written by [Natalie Scarantino Sadler](https://denicolafamilyfoundation.org/news/author/natalie-scarantino-sadler) | Nov 18, 2020 3:02:45 PM

 

HDI is proud to announce that it has received grants from U.S. Embassy Bahrain and U.S. Embassy Oslo to support culinary diplomacy.

Soul Food Scholar [Adrian Miller](https://adrianemiller.com/) will present a Virtual African American Thanksgiving Dinner in both the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Kingdom of Norway in November, 2020.  Adrian Miller is an HDI cultural envoy and the author of [Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine,](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZVEOIP8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0)[ One Plate at a Time](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WV7KLQP/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1) and [*The President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, From the Washington to the Obamas*.](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WV7KLQP/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1)

Mr. Miller will also travel to Bahrain and Norway to do on-site demonstrations and lectures once international exchanges resume in 2021

 

 

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