The Black Kitchen Series

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The Black Kitchen Series

Season 2 of The Black Kitchen Series: Innovators brings us all over the country as we attempt to find the chefs, farmers, healers, artists, organizers, historians, writers, and other brilliant Black innovators changing the face of food as we know it. Hosted by Jade Verette (@JadeOfAllJades), we interview 11 guests across 6 episodes, and cover topics like Black veganism, farming as a tool for liberation, the planet-saving powers of an underrated West African grain, and so much more. This season is expansive, exciting and a whole lotta fun. New episodes on Tuesdays, starting April 18th. . . The Black Kitchen Series: Innovators was created by Heinz and Wieden+Kennedy, and produced by the Mayda Creative Co. Follow us on Instagram at @HeinzBKI and check out heinz.com/blackkitchen/ for more.

  1. We're Nominated for a Webby!

    APR 15

    We're Nominated for a Webby!

    The Black Kitchen Series

    1 min
  2. A Chat with BEM Books

    05/25/2023

    A Chat with BEM Books

    BEM Books & More is a bookstore in downtown Brooklyn that exclusively sells Black food literature – cookbooks, foreign literature, novels, children's books, photo books, and any book that has rich, sumptuous descriptions of food. Jade sits with Gabrielle and Danielle Davenport, the sisters behind the first-of-its-kind bookshop. To learn more about BEM Books and more, please visit bembrooklyn.com

    11 min
  3. S2 Ep 6: On Writing Black Food with Adrian Miller & Chala June

    05/23/2023

    S2 Ep 6: On Writing Black Food with Adrian Miller & Chala June

    At the end of the journey, back in Brooklyn, and putting all the pieces together. Season 2 host Jade Verette (@JadeofallJades) sits down with Black food historian, Soul Food Scholar, and host of Season 1, Adrian Miller, to make sense of all that she’s encountered over the course of her travels, and why Black food writing lies at the center of it all. Jade also sits down with Chala June to discuss why Black food writing is an act of resistance as much as it is an expression of love.

    48 min
  4. BONUS: “Tell Michelle I Didn’t Mean It”

    05/18/2023

    BONUS: “Tell Michelle I Didn’t Mean It”

    We all know that food is more than food. It’s medicine – for the body, the soul, the heart…and for the community? The future? The wounds of the past? Host Jade Varette (@JadeofallJades) chases some sunshine in California and meets with two women harnessing the healing power of food in transformative ways: Kelly Carlisle – founder and Executive Director of Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project out of Oakland – who is rewriting the narrative around the youth of her community, and chef/artist/Black Food Futurist Nia Lee, who is creating radical sites of healing and joy for Black queer femmes. To keep up with ANV news, follow them @anv_farm. You can donate to the mission at anvfarm.org/. To follow Nia on her journey, find her on Instagram at @nialeeomg and @stormesupperclub.

    14 min
  5. S2 Ep 5: The Healing Power of Food with Kelly Carlisle & Nia Lee

    05/16/2023

    S2 Ep 5: The Healing Power of Food with Kelly Carlisle & Nia Lee

    We all know that food is more than food. It’s medicine – for the body, the soul, the heart…and for the community? The future? The wounds of the past? Host Jade Varette (@JadeofallJades) chases some sunshine in California and meets with two women harnessing the healing power of food in transformative ways: Kelly Carlisle – founder and Executive Director of Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project out of Oakland – who is rewriting the narrative around the youth of her community, and chef/artist/Black Food Futurist Nia Lee, who is creating radical sites of healing and joy for Black queer femmes. To keep up with ANV news, follow them @anv_farm. You can donate to the mission at anvfarm.org/. To follow Nia on her journey, find her on Instagram at @nialeeomg and @stormesupperclub.

    41 min
  6. BONUS: Shopping for Mushrooms

    05/11/2023

    BONUS: Shopping for Mushrooms

    Before their interview, Marlon takes Jade on a tour through HiFi Mycology, where he does his daily mushroom shopping. In between descriptions of his favorite mushrooms, the Plant Based G drops some delicious cooking tips, bodybuilding wisdom, and other insights he’s gathered along the way.

    13 min
  7. S2 Ep 4: The Veganization of Soul Food with Marlon Rison & Folami Geter

    05/09/2023

    S2 Ep 4: The Veganization of Soul Food with Marlon Rison & Folami Geter

    Jade’s (@Jadeofalljades) journey through the South has so far brought her closer to community, closer to family, and now…closer to body? In this episode, vegan chefs Folami Geter of A Peace of Soul Vegan Kitchen in Columbia, SC, and Marlon Rison of Community Vegan in Austin, TX, share how they came to the plant-based lifestyle, what’s keeping them there, and how it connects us to each other and our history in unexpected ways. Follow Folami’s restaurant on Instagram @peaceofsoulsc and Marlon’s food truck @communityvegan to learn more. And to learn more about Hi-Fi Mycology, check out https://www.hifimyco.com/.

    36 min
  8. BONUS: A Walk through Turnbridge

    05/04/2023

    BONUS: A Walk through Turnbridge

    After their conversation, Rollen took Jade and the team on a tour of Turnbridge Plantation, where they met up with alligators and birds and poops of all kind.

    19 min
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Season 2 of The Black Kitchen Series: Innovators brings us all over the country as we attempt to find the chefs, farmers, healers, artists, organizers, historians, writers, and other brilliant Black innovators changing the face of food as we know it. Hosted by Jade Verette (@JadeOfAllJades), we interview 11 guests across 6 episodes, and cover topics like Black veganism, farming as a tool for liberation, the planet-saving powers of an underrated West African grain, and so much more. This season is expansive, exciting and a whole lotta fun. New episodes on Tuesdays, starting April 18th. . . The Black Kitchen Series: Innovators was created by Heinz and Wieden+Kennedy, and produced by the Mayda Creative Co. Follow us on Instagram at @HeinzBKI and check out heinz.com/blackkitchen/ for more.

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