For the Culture: Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food: Interviews, Inspiration, and Recipes

by Klancy Miller, Susan Dalian (Read by), Machelle Williams (Read by), Sisi A. Johnson (Read by), Ariel Blake (Read by)

Overview

A must-have anthology of the leading Black women and femmes shaping today’s food and hospitality landscape—from farm to table and beyond—chronicling their passions and motivations, lessons learned and hard-won wisdom, personal recipes, and more.

Chef and writer Klancy Miller found her own way by trial and error—as a pastry chef, recipe developer, author, and founder of For the Culture magazine—but what if she had known then what she knows now? What if she had known the extraordinary women profiled within these pages—entrepreneurs, chefs, food stylists, mixologists, historians, influencers, hoteliers, and more—and learned from their stories?

Like Leah Penniman, a farmer using Afro-Indigenous methods to restore the land and feed her community; Ashtin Berry, an activist, sommelier, and mixologist creating radical change in the hospitality industry and beyond; or Sophia Roe, a TV host and producer showcasing the inside stories behind today’s food systems. Toni Tipton-Martin, Mashama Bailey, Carla Hall, Nicole Taylor, Dr. Jessica B. Harris . . . In this gorgeous volume these luminaries and more share the vision that drives them, the mistakes they made along the way, advice for the next generation, and treasured recipes..

In addition, Miller shines a light on the matriarchs who paved the way for today’s tastemakers—Edna Lewis, B. Smith, Leah Chase, Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, and Lena Richard.

These collective profiles are a one-of-a-kind oral history of a movement, captured in real time, and indispensable for anyone passionate about food.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798212696050
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	09/19/2023
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 5.70(h) x (d)

About the Author

Klancy Miller is the founder of For the Culture: A Magazine Celebrating Black Women and Femmes in Food and Wine and the author of Cooking Solo. Klancy earned a diplôme de pâtisserie from Le Cordon Bleu Paris, apprenticed in the pastry kitchen at the Michelin-starred restaurant Taillevent, and then joined Le Cordon Bleu’s recipe development team. Now based in Brooklyn, she continues to write about food and has contributed to the New York Times, the Washington Post, Food and Wine, Vogue, Bon Appétit Cherry Bombe, and Food52. She has appeared on the Today show and in the Wall Street Journal, The Cut, the New York Times Food section, as well as on Food Network’s Recipe for Success and the Cooking Channel’s Unique Sweets.

Ariel Blake is a Black and Guyanese (American) theater artist, teacher, abolitionist & birth keeper based in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Her voice can also be heard narrating An Abolitionist’s Handbook by Patrisse Cullors and Raven Leilani’s Luster among other titles.

Karen Malina White attended The High School for Creative and Performing Arts in her hometown of Philadelphia. She furthered her acting studies at Howard University, where she received a BFA with cum laude honors. The Emmy-nominated actress is most known for her work in the film Lean on Me and for her television roles on The Cosby Show, A Different World, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and her iconic voice as "Dijonay" on The Proud Family, of which new seasons are now streaming on Disney Plus. Did you catch Karen in Netflix's Dahmer, Hallmark's 'Tis the Season to be Merry, Snowfall, Better Things, Lodge 49, I Didn't Do It, 9-1-1, Mom, or Young Sheldon, to name a few? As an audiobook narrator and voice-over artist, Karen's voice can be heard on many books and plays, and she has garnered an Audie Award for her work.

Janina Edwards, an Earphone Award–winning narrator, is a graduate of the acting program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Machelle Williams has crafted an easy storytelling style from twenty-three years as a corporate trainer and keynote diversity speaker. Since 2016 she has successfully produced over twenty-eight audiobook projects.

Machelle's voice is nuanced, ranging from soft and soothing to dramatic and smoky. She specializes in mysteries and thrillers; her bespoke repertoire also includes cozy mysteries and nonfiction, as well as titles in the religious, urban, and noire genres. When you need a narrator to take your listener to the edge of their seat and their breath away, trust the telling to Machelle.

Sisi Aisha Johnson has narrated numerous audiobooks and has twice won the AudioFile Earphones Award.