Linnyette Richardson-Hall By Linnyette Richardson-Hall My food philosophy is a simple one, grounded in my upbringing – “If you love people, you feed them a meal.” I started in the kitchen when I was four years old – my great grandmother tied one of her aprons around my waist, perched me on the sky-blue stepstool […]
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A delicious love affair: My life as a foodie
Lentil and mushroom Swedish meatballs (Photos by Schavonna Williams@fulloflifewellness) By Lenora Howze AFRO Executive Director lhowze@afro.com For as long as I can remember and well before the word “foodie” entered our lexicon, I’ve had a love for food. Some may, okay they did, call it an inordinate one. Growing up and at every family meal, […]
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Baltimore native assigned to Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet serves aboard USS Mount Whitney
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ross Baker (Courtesy Photo/Navy Office of Community Outreach) By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ethan Carter, Navy Office of Community Outreach GAETA, Italy – Petty Officer 2nd Class Ross Baker, a Baltimore, Maryland, native assigned to Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet is serving aboard USS Mount Whitney. Baker is a 2010 Saint […]
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COVID-19 disparities inspire more Blacks to eat healthy
Thierry Lamour is a Baltimore resident and committed vegan of 21 years who encourages others to start eating healthier. (courtesy photo) By Marnita Coleman Special to the AFRO The pandemic has awakened sleeping Americans to the disparities and inequalities that exist in minority communities. In a nation where African Americans make up about 13% of […]
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Going vegan: I’m not quite there…yet
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com I love to cook. In fact, there are few things in life that relax me more than when I have the opportunity to take my time and cook the things that I love for the people I love. And I like to show off the finished products, especially […]
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First Fruits Farm bridges the gap by feeding hungry Baltimoreans
First Fruits Farm takes its mission seriously and works diligently with distribution partners and thousands of volunteers. (Photos by PK Semler) By PK Semler, Special to The AFRO If the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, decided to leave his day job and establish a farm to feed the needy of Baltimore it would probably not even […]
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#SecuringTheBag: Baltimore food deserts can become opportunities
By PK Semler Special to the AFRO Nothing better defines the disparities of urban America than the rowhouses of Baltimore encircled by food deserts as their neighborhoods sit in the shadows cast by the opulent inner harbor skyscrapers that hold powerhouses of the financial industry. The term food desert — originally coined in the 2015 seminal […]
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What binds us together: Food, family and football
The tradition of Sunday dinner dates back to slavery, when food rations were given out to slaves on Saturday nights which included collard greens, sweet potatoes, chitterlings, pig feet and cornmeal to make fried cornbread. The slaves would take this food and create a mouthwatering spread that fed their household and other households in the […]
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Commentary: Investing in the `Black Butterfly’
Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby. (Courtesy Photo/Facebook) By Nick J. Mosby Challenges in Baltimore are limitless — unlike the consequential $670 million in federal aid we are scheduled to receive through the American Rescue Plan. And we have options. We could take a less strategic approach and spread the money around with a broad […]
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The eateries of Old Black Baltimore
Sess’ restaurant, which was located at 1639 Division Street in Old West Baltimore, was arguably the top Black restaurant of the Jim Crow era. This image was from an ad in the AFRO (circa 1945). According to historian Philip Merrill, “They kept an ad in the Afro and the commercial image of their restaurant was […]
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Thank God for Wednesdays
Frances “Toni” Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher Is it Wednesday yet? Will there be Smithfield ham, fried chicken, roast beef, sweet potatoes, string beans, homemade rolls, Hendler’s ice cream, little cakes with lots of sweet icing on top? These are the questions my brother, sister and I asked each other every week before we traveled […]
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Recipes and more from the AFRO Cooking School
In 1932, the AFRO staged a free Cooking School and Homemakers Institute for housewives, led by home economics expert Ms. Laura Kennedy. The day-to-day tasks of cooking and cleaning can be dull and get boring, but Kennedy will bring new methods, equipment, menus and recipes to share with the group. Since the free cooking school […]
