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08:00am EDT| From Executive Chef To Entrepreneur: Why Kia Damon Is Dedicating Her Life To Feeding LGBTQ+ And Black Communities Share to Facebook Share to Linkedin "I'm giving back to the communities that helped shape who I am," says 30 Under 30 chef Kia Damon. Kia Damon Kia Damon is many things. She’s an advocate for the Black and LGBTQ+ communities, the first culinary director of feminist food publication Cherry Bombe and an entrepreneur. But first and foremost, she is her family's chef. Growing up in a big family in Orlando, Florida, Damon found herself in the kitchen at an early age. W...

Share Cherry Bombe Founder Kerry Diamond Says That Recognizing Powerhouse Women in the Food Space Is Long Past Due To remedy this, she launched an indie journal and culled together a cookbook to spotlight these voices. Here, she takes us inside her full career and shares a few of her essentials that get her from one day to the next. By Melissa Ozawa March 12, 2021 Each product we feature has been independently selected and reviewed by our editorial team. If...

In honour of International Women's Day, which took place earlier last week, we're celebrating womanhood, and all of the fine ladies in our lives who have encouraged us to become the brilliant women we are. For the month that’s in it we’ve decided to shine a light on some of our favourite female hosted podcasts which continue to entertain, educate and empower us in every single episode. If you’re on the lookout for new podcast recommendations then we highly suggest that you check out the below list, and support some pretty amazing ladies. This one is for all of the girl-bosses out th...

Photo by Stacy Preston Photography, courtesy of Uncle Nearest I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s time to add some new bottles to your bar cart. Or wherever you stash your booze. As a part of the fight to increase equity among Black-owned businesses and brands, it’s important to be intentional about buying Black. A common obstacle that many Black owners of spirits and wines face however is having their products accessible in physical and online stores.  Ashlee Tuck, cocktail enthusiast and founder of Will Drink For Travel curates information on Black businesses, including res...

Damon, who has led pop-up dinner series and worked as the culinary director of Cherry Bombe, had long noticed how difficult it was to access nutritious, affordable groceries in her Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. It was a void she knew she could help fill, building something that was “bred from the moment, but for forever.” The idea was the starting place for her organization, Kia Feeds the People Program, a budding nonprofit dedicated to putting quality produce and pantry items in the hands of underserved Black and queer and trans people of color (QTPOC) in Brooklyn. The best solutions...