nytimes September 23, 2021 10:00am Food Scholar, Folk Singer, Blunt Speaker: The Many Lives of Leni Sorensen #contenttypepersonalprofile #blackpeople #food #cookingandcookbooks #canningandpreserving #television #sorensenleni #highonthehoghowafricanamericancuisinetransformedamericatvprogram #news Food Scholar, Folk Singer, Blunt Speaker: The Many Lives of Leni Sorensen An irreverent historian who gets her hands into traditional cooking, farming and crafts is finally, at 79, winning fame with Netflix’s “High on the Hog.”