Lance, Tom's, Keebler, and Kellogg's Austin brand might be the top purveyors of peanut butter crackers, but they are all called Nabs too.. Nabs are what you eat when you're kind of hungry, but not enough to eat an actual meal.. My hometown, Winston-Salem, has a very complicated relationship with Nabs, specifically Nabisco.

Cooked white rice for serving.Season the pork with 1 tablespoon salt and 2 teaspoons pepper.

In a large heavy pot, heat the oil over medium high heat until hot, then brown the pork in batches, about 6 minutes per batch.Transfer the pork to a platter as browned.. Add the onion, garlic and ginger to the pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, 5 to 7 minutes.Stir in the carrots, cabbage, bay leaves, Scotch bonnet pepper, thyme, allspice, water and worcestershire.

Add the pork and any accumulated juices back to the pot and cover.Simmer the stew until the pork is very tender, about 31/2 hours.

Season with salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle with the scallions.

Serve with cooked rice..Food can shape both how different groups of people are seen and how they see themselves.

It can bring people closer to different cultures, and help them understand each other better, but as Lisa Lowe points out in her book., this kind of multiculturalism doesn't always address the big issues of inequality that exist in America.

It can be more about enjoying foods than challenging the status quo.With this in mind, I recognize that Thai culture has become popular in the U.S. in part because of how delicious Thai food is, but also how appealing and malleable it is to American tastes.