By Anna Rahmanan, HuffPost Renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson, who has pivoted to help his community, speaks about the current state of the food industry and the status of African Americans. Chef Marcus Samuelsson — the owner of a slew of restaurants around the United States, Canada and Europe — tells Anna Rahmanan that “change is coming to […]
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Bartender Shannon Mustipher Upgrades Instant Ramen “I hooked it up with mint and basil and fresh scallions.” | Grub Street
Earlier this year, the relentlessly energetic Shannon Mustipher released Tiki, a beautiful book of modern cocktails that’s the first by a working African-American bartender in over a century. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] A rum evangelist, Mustipher is also the beverage director at Glady’s, where you’ll find her excellent painkiller; works with spirit brands (currently Bertoux brandy); and […]
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An exhibit celebrating 400 years of African American culinary history is coming to New York | Lonely Planet
African American culinary traditions have a long and storied history, but their influence doesn’t often receive the recognition it deserves. This winter, though, one New York museum will begin to rectify that situation, via a Kickstarter-funded exhibit dedicated to the black chefs, farmers, and food and drink producers who made the country’s cuisine what it […]
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Teen Entrepreneur Celebrates 10 Years in Business, Lemonade Distribution in 1,500 Supermarkets | Black Enterprise
She started a business that went from a single lemonade stand to the shelves of 1,500 supermarkets across the country. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] 1,500 supermarkets She walked off Shark Tank with a $60,000 investment and Daymond John as a mentor. She speaks at business conferences all across the world—this year alone she presented in Budapest and […]
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Truck Driver Launches Website To Help Travelers Find Black Owned Restaurants | We Buy Black
Truck drivers spend a lot of time on the road and the meal options can be hit or miss. The simple act (seemingly) of finding a seasoned piece of meat can turn into an adventure, when you’re away from home. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Edward Dillard has been a truck driver for almost 15 years and in […]
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Marcus Samuelsson Is Fighting For A More Diverse, Creative Food Scene | Uproxx
Marcus Samuelsson is a lion of the modern food scene. This doesn’t simply come from his incredible string of successes in the kitchen (Aquavit, Red Rooster, Streetbird Rotisserie), his high-visibility TV projects (he’s a judge on Chopped and hosts No Passport Required on PBS), or even his Beard-Award winning writing (he’s authored New American Table, […]
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The Leah Chase You Didn’t Know | Garden & Gun
The Queen of Creole Cuisine had another passion—collecting and heralding the work of African American artists
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The Creole queen of New Orleans | CNN
CNN, CNN [dropcap]Dooky [/dropcap] Chase’s gave African Americans a taste of the fine dining they were barred from, and now over fifty years later people from all over the world flock to experience Leah Chase’s culinary institution [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] CLICK TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE, CNN
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