Black Chefs are Rewriting 'Whitewashed' History in New Orleans
New Orleans has built a reputation as a culinary capital, but the history of its cuisine hasn't always been truthfully told. While much credit is often
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New Orleans has built a reputation as a culinary capital, but the history of its cuisine hasn't always been truthfully told. While much credit is often
<p>A group of chefs is working to highlight the role of African-descended people, including enslaved Black people, creoles, and Haitian migrants, in creating the city's cuisine; food scholar Zella Palmer emphasizes that culinary ability and knowledge was among the skills targeted by traffickers who brought west Africans to New Orleans. </p>
A new generation is exploring how the city’s celebrated food owes as much to West African and Caribbean cuisines as to Creole cooking.
Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn who Black women entrepreneurs went from domestic to cooks to chefs and restaurant owners. And, we learn why the state sales tax reform is ripe for readdressing.
Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn who Black women entrepreneurs went from domestic to cooks to chefs and restaurant owners. And, we learn why the state sales tax reform is ripe for readdressing.