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MILK STREET Radio's Summer Show re-play features Tonya Hopkins aka @TheFoodGriot
MILK STREET Radio's Summer Show re-play features Tonya Hopkins aka @TheFoodGriot

This long weekend tune in to hear MILK STREET Radio’s replay of their (start of) SUMMER SHOW featuring yours truly, Tonya Hopkins (aka @TheFoodGriot) talking with show creator and host Christopher Kimball as we dive into the foods of summer. In our convo I give him (and therefore ya’ll) the scoop 🍨 on the Black innovators who made America’s ice cream 🍦industry what it is today….

Also in this. episode: somebody named Bill Alexander reveals the history and fate of the tomato 🍅 and artist Ana Inciardi tracks down a tomato from her family's past; …Dan Pashman gives a lesson on his favorite ways to eat watermelon and corn; and then they bake up a Fresh Peach and Raspberry Crostata….ENJOY!

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"Jamaican Foodways Win Top Culinary Award": See what Food Historian Tonya Hopkins (@TheFoodGriot) has to say in this Fab Forbes article by Richard Fowler
"Jamaican Foodways Win Top Culinary Award": See what Food Historian Tonya Hopkins (@TheFoodGriot) has to say in this Fab Forbes article by Richard Fowler

Williams, better known as Chef Stikxz, the second part of which is a name conferred unto her during her childhood because of her small stick-like frame, is doubling down on a holiday tradition inherited from her Jamaican-born parents. She does so while preparing two meals, directing kitchen colleagues and answering questions from a witty journalist.

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Have You Checked Out "Chasing Flavor With Carla Hall" Yet?! It’s Really Good & I’m so Excited to be in TWO Episodes! See for yourself on HBO/Max 📺
Have You Checked Out "Chasing Flavor With Carla Hall" Yet?! It’s Really Good & I’m so Excited to be in TWO Episodes! See for yourself on HBO/Max 📺

Have you immersed yourself yet in the enchanting world of "Chasing Flavor with Carla Hall" that’s streaming on MAX?!

If you haven’t then it’s time to join Chef Carla Hall, acclaimed chef and arguably America’s fave food TV personality — as she globe trots to uncover the various roots of many iconic American dishes on a delectable journey in her new show called "Chasing Flavor!” available on HBO’s MAX …

There are 6 episodes total and and yours truly shows up in one (ok, TWO! ;) of ‘em... Nope I won’t tell you which ones so just plan to binge watch ‘em all — and get ready for a bunch of multi-sensory treats you’ll immensely enjoy! Carla's effervescent energy and genuine passion for the foods and the people she encounters…

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EatOkra App Connects Foodies With Black-Owned Restaurants
EatOkra App Connects Foodies With Black-Owned Restaurants

Okra, an edible green seed pod of West African origin, is a staple of the American diet and base ingredient for many dishes that make up Black foodways. It is believed to have arrived to the Americas through African women who wove it into their braided hair before they were brought into the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

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Featured In: Black Food Historians You Should Know
Featured In: Black Food Historians You Should Know

I had a wonderful time and Tonya lives up to her "griot" name as a fantastic storyteller. Although Tonya has not yet written her own book, she has contributed to numerous scholarly publications. She is also co-founder of the James Hemings Foundation, named after Thomas Jefferson's enslaved, French-trained chef de cuisine, and consultant on the upcoming exhibit at MOFAD, "African/American: Making the Nation's Table.

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