Soul Food Nouveau

The purpose of *Soul Food Nouveau* is improving the heart health and longevity of African Americans who want to keep their unique and rich culinary tradition of soul food throughout the United States. According to www.heart.org, "The rate of high blood pressure among Black people in the United States is among the highest in the world." link: https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/know-your-risk-factors-for-high-blood-pressure/high-blood-pressure-among-black-people And as reported by the Houston Defender, "Soul food is a major contributor to high blood pressure in African Americans". link: https://defendernetwork.com/black-women/new-study-soul-food-is-major-contributor-to-high-blood-pressure-in-african-americans The Howard University New Service even cited: "African Americans' soul food cuisine is delicious, but it can also be deadly, according to physicians, who say it accounts for much of the annual surge in hospital emergency room visits during Thanksgiving and Christmas." link: https://hunewsservice.com/news/is-it-time-to-put-down-soul-food To address these issues, *Soul Food Nouveau* provides healthy, modern soul food recipes personalized for African American users of the app based on their individual dietary needs and health concerns, using the latest AI models provided by Groq to complement user consultations with their own physicians and dieticians. Uses of Groq: - llama-3.3-70b-versatile: user interview by dietician, shopping list generation and update - llama-3.1-8b-instant: recipe generation (meals and desserts) - llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct: analyze photos for food items - playai-tts: audio hints to user Recipe ingredient ordering implement using Instacart, the most popular grocery delivery service in North America.