Are Buffalo Wings Rooted in Soul Food?

As it turns out, they may be a derivative of mambo wings

Rachel Wharton
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8 min readOct 21, 2019

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All illustrations by Kimberly Ellen Hall

This is an excerpt from “American Food: A Not-So-Serious History,” by Rachel Wharton and illustrated by Kimberly Ellen Hall, released this month and on sale now.

“Tourists Eat Wings. Buffalonians Eat Subs.” So proclaimed a recent headline in a national food magazine.

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Rachel Wharton
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I’m a James Beard Award-winning journalist and author of the book American Food (A Not-So-Serious History) NC >> NYC >>find more of my work at rachelwharton.net