By Jamesia Downer, AFRO Intern Pleasant Hope Baptist Church hosts its monthly Soil To Sanctuary Community Market as apart of its membership with Black Church Food Security Network. The churches within this network make a safe space for farmers within their network to sell their products and provide healthy food options to the community. These farmers […]
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Fogo de Chao Comes to Bethesda
By Katie Taylor, Special to the AFRO Where’s the meat? North Bethesda’s, Pike and Rose, that’s where. Fogo de Chao Brazilian Steakhouse officially opened its doors June 24 and it’s bringing us all the classic flavors Brazil has to offer. Fogo de Chao invited the AFRO to the soft opening on June 20 and they did not […]
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Refugee Chefs Showcase Skills
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com The flavors of the world were shared by refugee chefs during the first Tables Without Borders multi restaurant event in the District of Columbia. Five separate establishments gave chefs who are seeking asylum a chance to prepare their specialty dishes for guests between June 17 – 22. […]
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Grill, Eat, Chill, Repeat
By AFRO Staff To turn a midweek dinner into something special, try cooking easy pork tenderloin on the grill. To produce beautifully browned pork with a rich crust and tender, juicy meat, we started with a simple dry spice rub to add flavor; sugar aided browning while cumin and chipotle chile powder added savory smokiness. […]
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Teen and Celebrity Chefs Share Food, Military Bond
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO When aspiring chef Shamon Hill joined forces with celebrity chef Chris Clime to make a gourmet smoked salmon dish consumed by some of the nation’s top military brass, he didn’t expect a job offer to work in Clime’s kitchen. But that’s exactly what happened to the 19-year-old […]
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Famed New Orleans Chef Who Fed Civil Rights Leaders Dies
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Legendary New Orleans chef Leah Chase always had problems when customers asked if she served “soul food.” Well, that would depend on where your soul was, she’d say. If it was in China, she couldn’t really help you. But if your soul was in New Orleans, […]
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Northeast Eats Draws Black Businesses
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO Northeast Eats, a tasting that’ll amplify food and drink companies in the Northeast quadrant of the District on June 1, has booked eight Black-owned businesses this year, and hopes to add five more before the week is out. That would bring the total number of participating Black-owned businesses […]
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Lidl Grocery Comes to Ward 7
By George Kevin Jordan, Special to the AFRO It looks like Ward 7 will get a another grocery option as Mayor Muriel Bowser announced plans to bring Lidl Grocery to the Skyland Town Center. “Lidl is a fantastic grocery store – a grocery store that we are proud to be bringing to the residents of Ward […]
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Brown Infuses Culture at ‘Nancy by SNAC’
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Business Name: Nancy by SNAC Owners: Kevin Brown and Bill Maughlin What: Nancy by SNAC (Station North Arts Cafe), is the second eatery (their first restaurant SNAC opened in 2005) by partners Brown and Maughlin in the Station North community in September 2013. Brown is the head chef at Nancy, […]
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Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement
By John Schmid, Special to the AFRO “We talk about people who owned land, but we often ignored those who worked the land,” Monica M. White, Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison told her audience, Saturday. White was at Red Emma’s bookstore to promote her scholarship “Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the […]
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Papa John’s Scores Shaq to Help Revive its Image
By Joseph Pisani and Gary Gerard Hamilton, The Associated Press Papa John’s is getting “Shaq-ified.” The pizza chain said March 22 that basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal will be its new pitchman, appearing in TV commercials and promoting Papa John’s in other ways. The company hopes O’Neal can repair its image and revive its sales […]
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Capital City Mambo Sauce Partners with Papa Johns to Add D.C. Flare
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Despite Mayor Muriel Bowser’s controversial denunciation of mambo sauce as a D.C. staple last November, most Washingtonians laud the flavor as a true District flavor that adds pizzazz to dishes from the carry out to homemade delights. Now, having recently teamed up with local husband and wife entrepreneurs Charles […]