Russell she says she’s baffled by how long it’s taken for a Black woman to break through barriers. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Chicago is one of the toughest towns in the whole country. And the culinary arts—with all the blood, sweat, tears, and sleepless nights that come with it—can be one of the toughest industries to make […]
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16 Black Chefs Changing Food in America | The New York Times
When Ashleigh Shanti, 29, journeyed across the country on a six-month sabbatical last year, she decided that her next step as a chef needed to fulfill a critical desire: cooking food that celebrated her heritage as a black woman from the South and rebuffed assumptions about what that food could be. For hummus, she replaced […]
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A local’s guide to Baltimore | The Washington Post
By Lisa Snowden-McCray + Photos by Andrew Mangum, The Washington Post [dropcap]P[/dropcap]eople from Baltimore can be cagey about the way outsiders see their city. That’s the kind of thing that happens when you live in close proximity to your more moneyed, fancier cousin, Washington, D.C., or when you’re faced with the real tragedy of crime […]
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Washington University’s Rafia Zafar pieces together African-Americans’ contribution to cuisine in ‘Recipes for Respect’ | STL Mag
Early on, black butlers and cooks taught white people how to eat and drink well. Harder lessons had to wait a century.
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23 Black Chefs You Should Know About | Shoppe Black
Shoppe Black , Shoppe Black [dropcap]Although[/dropcap] the number of Black chefs is increasing, there’s still plenty of progress to be made in terms of representation in the culinary industry. We’d like to take a moment to shout out some chefs who are doing their thing nationally and internationally, paving the way for the next generation […]
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Meet the Bakers Who Are Changing Their Communities for the Better—One Slice at a Time | Food & Wine
Pies are more than just dessert: They are an exercise in evenhandedness, meant by design to be sliced and shared with loved ones.
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A Loving Tribute to a True Southern Food Legend | Southern Living
“Her cookbooks mentored me quietly, passionately. I am not certain which I relished more: her recipes for delicious country cooking or her storytelling.”
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11-year-old competing on ‘MasterChef Junior’ after losing both parents | TheGrio
“We want Ben to able to continue his education in the culinary arts wherever he wants to in the world…”
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These Were the First Cookbooks Published By Black People in America | Smithsonian Magazine
These cookbooks and domestic guides offer historians a window into the experiences and tastes of black Americans in the 1800s
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What Happens When Marcus Samuelsson Takes Harlem to London? | The New York Times
Having already established restaurants in Bermuda and in Sweden, Mr. Samuelsson opened the eponymous Marcus late last year at MGM National Harbor, a casino in Maryland outside Washington, D.C., and anticipation is high for Marcus B & P set to open any day now in downtown Newark.
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