Tonya Hopkins, a.k.a “The Food Griot” is a Culinary History Consultant, Wine & Spirits Storyteller, Cocktail Cognoscenti and Provider of Nonfiction Food & Drink Narratives Across Many Mediums.
WATCH this short highlight reel here for #frozenyogurtday which for whatever reason is on Feb 6th each year (…so it won’t melt so fast - or at all — when you walk back outside with it ? 🤷🏽♀️)… In it you virtually tag along to taste the amazingness @cultureny#parkslope has in store… ********** 🤓 Reach out for the nerdier version of this content where i connect #culinaryhistory dots between the relatively young American frozen yogurt industry and its centuries-old #icecream industry (as those familiar with my work know, the latter has deep roots in this country’s antebellum plantation economy). Which I remember touching on in the taping of the ice cream episode of #ChasingFlavor with @carlaphall — which started to @streamonmax Feb 1st which you should see! AND if you’re not already do become part of my Patreon … AND/OR hire me when you need much bigger servings along with an abundance of toppings of food & drink history intel… Which is a WONDERFUL way to help the history “medicine go down” in a nation ailing from historical amnesia — which perpetuates problems from the past into the present …
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