Posted By Wyatt Gordon on Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 3:35 PM
Anyone who feels like there’s nothing fun and safe to do during the pandemic clearly hasn’t spoken with Shemicia Bowen, one of the three women behind the Richmond Black Restaurant Experience. For the food festival’s fifth iteration, she, Kelli Lemon, and Amy Wentz have pulled together a 10-day culinary journey featuring over 70 Black-owned businesses around town, running from March 5 to 14.
“With 27 food trucks and 43 brick-and-mortar establishments, we have a full menu of experiences for folks this year,” Bowen says. “We are trying to connect the culture of Richmond to the cuisine of Richmond, and that means going beyond soul food to include the full array of foods Black people provide this city.”
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RICHMOND, Va. Philadelphia native turned Richmonder Tyenella Hall says being in the kitchen, whipping up some of her Nanaâs handwritten recipes lifts her spirits like nothing else can.
âCooking saved my life, period,â said Hall, an Army veteran and licensed nurse who found herself suffering with PTSD after a tragic loss.
Hall, who never shies away from her truth, said cooking was the one thing that helped.
âWith my PTSD, cooking gave me a regimen that allowed me to step outside of being stuck inside of a bubble with medication, Hall said. explained. So as a result of cooking, I no longer have to take medication.