High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America

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How did a former bank teller get NFL legend Randy Moss to invest in her restaurant? First, she reached out on Instagram.

Chick-A-Boom founder Brittany Tolliferreo ultimately sold Randy Moss on her fried chicken tenders. He will attend her restaurant's ribbon-cutting in Southwest Philadelphia.

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Madame Barbara Trevigne | The Magic of Marie Laveau​

Madame Barbara Trevigne, a native of New Orleans and descendant of Paul Trevigne, best known as the editor of L'Union, a bilingual black owned newspaper in New Orleans during slavery and reconstruction. Madame Barbara Trevigne received her Master’s in Social Science from Tulane University School of Social Work, a New Orleans Tour Guide and foremost historian on the life of Marie Laveau. Trevigne was honored by Alliance Française for preservation of Creole culture. She has collaborated and published articles in Images of America, African Americans of New Orleans, Gumbo People, New Orleans What Can’t Be Lost, and The Tignon an 18th Century Headdress. Barbara also traced the genesis of the enslaved Glapion family of St. Charles Parish and New Orleans. On this episode, Madame Trevigne discusses her research with her longtime friend, Zella Palmer

 

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Raiders Ink Deal With Charles Woodson, Woodson Bourbon

The Las Vegas Raiders and Charles Woodson announced a partnership between the star's bourbon brand, Woodson Bourbon Whiskey, and the team and its arena.

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Rock The Bells Festival Amplifies Hip-Hop's Culinary Scene With ‘Food That Slaps Market' and 'Drinks That Slap Bar’
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July 21, 2023


The Rock The Bells Festival has emerged as a beacon for Hip-Hop culture, where lovers of the genre unite to celebrate its evolution.


To that end, last year, the festival introduced the first-ever Hip-Hop food court. This year, the culinary scene at the festival evolves with the debut of the Food That Slaps Market.


Leveraging the genre's burgeoning investment and deep interest in food and drink, this year's festival partnered with the prestigious James Beard Foundation. They launched a search for innovative culinary entrepreneurs deeply connected to Hip-Hop culture.


The chosen winners, who will be featured at the Food That Slaps Market, include the vibrant culinary concepts of Fly Private Social, Made from Scratch, Soul and Wheel, Backyard Barbeque, and Black Rican Vegan. They’ll be serving up their creations alongside E-40’s Goon with the Spoon, Nas’ Sweet Chick, Styles P’s Juices for Life, Mikey Likes It, Simply Fried, and Bulldog Burgers.

But the Rock The Bells experience doesn't end at food. This year, the festival will also feature the first-ever Hip-Hop bar – the Drinks That Slap Bar, where you can savor Juvenile’s signature Juve Juice, try E-40’s Earl Stevens Wine, or sip on Hip-Hop themed cocktails from Hip-Hop curated brands

 

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DC staple Ben’s Chili Bowl celebrates 65th anniversary at original U Street location​

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Aug 22, 2023
Washington, D.C. staple Ben’s Chili Bowl celebrated its 65th anniversary with a party at its original U Street location featuring go-go music, celebrities and of course, lots of food

 

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Jamila Robinson, an Inquirer assistant managing editor, will become Bon Appétit’s new editor-in-chief​

Aug 28, 2023

Jamila Robinson, assistant managing editor for food and culture at The Inquirer, is leaving to become the editor-in-chief of Condé Nast’s food magazine, Bon Appétit and its culinary lifestyle and recipe website, Epicurious.

Robinson will steer Bon Appétit’s editorial direction, brand strategy, audience development, and all content for Bon Appétit and Epicurious. She will report directly to Anna Wintour, Condé Nast’s chief content officer and global editorial director of Vogue. She will be based in Manhattan and start the role on Sept. 18.

“It’s not every day you get to meet an accomplished writer and editor who has led features departments and food organizations, is a competitive skater, classically trained violinist, teacher, world traveler, and is an absolute whiz in the kitchen,” Wintour said in a statement Monday announcing the news. “Jamila is all of these things and more and I’m thrilled she’s coming to lead Bon Appétit and Epicurious.”

Robinson joined The Inquirer as its food editor in 2020 and was promoted to assistant managing editor of food and culture in 2021. She refocused its restaurant coverage, centering the experience of the communities who cook and build local food businesses. She reimagined the Dining Guide and revamped Let’s Eat, Philly!, The Inquirer’s restaurant and food culture newsletter. During her tenure, The Inquirer launched Taste Philly with Craig , a newsletter written by The Inquirer’s food critic that covers Philadelphia’s diverse food community.

Editors Jamila Robinson and Joseph Hernandez style food from Her Place for the cover of The Philadelphia Inquirer Dining Guide on Tuesday, August 30, 2022.


Under Robinson’s leadership, LaBan stopped using bells to rate his dining experiences. That change, Robinson said, “echoed a more contemporary way of helping readers understand how restaurants fit into our city’s cultural landscape.”
“Her approach to covering food is as social as it is sociological,” said Gabriel Escobar, editor and senior vice president of The Inquirer. “It goes beyond recipe making and recipe tasting and has led to some of our [paper’s] most ambitious projects.”


Robinson was the lead editor of The Inquirer’s Emmy-winning “Wildest Dreams: An Anthology of Black Inheritance,” a multimedia project of photos, essays, and poems about Black joy presented by The Inquirer’s Black journalists. She helped lead The Inquirer’s diversity, equity, and inclusion training programs within the newsroom and company-wide.
“She has this ability to turn a simple and vague idea into something concrete and relatable,” Escobar said. “That’s a rare skill. When The Inquirer newsroom went through its own racial reckoning — that is still a work in progress — her leadership was especially important. She’s a thoughtful, measured person and when she speaks, people listen and listen carefully. That’s the mark of a real leader.”

 

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Detroit-based chef opens first Black-owned food hall in Michigan​

Sept 15, 2023
Food halls are pretty uncommon in Detroit, which makes the few that have launched in the city in recent years worthy of a fair amount of hype in local media. But Detroit’s newest food hall opened completely under the radar. Whatcha Wanna Eat — said to be the first Black-owned food hall in the city — revealed itself on Detroit’s westside over the weekend to massive crowds.

Founded by husband and wife duo Bobby and Gena Bailey, Whatcha Wanna Eat features nine food vendors:
a barbecue spot called Detroit Wild Pit, Borderline Tacos and Things, Poon’s Hibachi Grill, Crazy Burger, Your Perfect Blend Smoothie Shop, Delectabowl (which is also a food truck), Heavenly Chicken and Waffles, Life is Sweets ice cream parlor, and Wing Fellas.

Gena Bailey tells Eater that her husband had been daydreaming of such a concept — where several food vendors could come together under one roof to sell their unique offerings — for several years. He had owned one property on the block — a former rental hall — for going on 25 years and when the neighboring storefront in the brick building came up for sale, he jumped on the chance to make a move.


“This was his opportunity to bust the wall open and make it into the food hall,” she says.


Building out the interior came over the past few years, says Gena Bailey, with the Baileys paying for the renovation costs out of pocket, though she did not disclose the total cost. She says that the couple financed the project with revenue generated from the other small businesses in the area that they own, including Cafe 6, the Beauty Cafe, and Spud Headz — all situated a short distance away from the food hall on McNichols. To recruit food vendors, the pair published a post on Instagram, encouraging folks to apply.


No two businesses are alike, Gena Bailey says, giving customers a variety of cuisines to taste. Vendors pay a deposit, plus $3,000 a month, and are responsible for supplying their spaces with any additional equipment, like refrigerators.

The only complaint among customers and surrounding neighbors so far: the crowds. Each food stall is packed tightly together in narrow hallways, resulting in long wait times and confusing lines. Like other business districts that butt against residential areas, parking is also an issue. Eventually, Gena Bailey says, the couple would like to renovate a small outdoor patio to the rear to provide outdoor seating for diners.

As for the community response, visitors on Sunday expressed gratitude for having such a diverse dining option in a neighborhood, as opposed to having to travel downtown.


“They love what we did to the community, they love [that] we made it the way we did,” says Bailey.

 

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May 2023

How Keith Lee is changing the lives of struggling restaurant owners one review at a time

How one 27-year-old went from a pro fighter with social anxiety to TikTok’s favorite food reviewer.

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The Black Foodies

Check out our comprehensive list of black-owned and operated restaurants (BOO) that we've compiled for the Chicagoland area.

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Sept 22, 2023

 

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Sept 20, 2023