Lift Every Fork
Lift Every Fork
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Channeling the Spirit of Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Drew Brees Just Terrorized Us All With Ashy Red Beans and Rice
Trigger Warning: This article contains graphic details of alleged rice and beans. Let me preface everything that Iām about to say by admitting that I am by no means a chef. Now that we got that out the way, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees isnāt eitherāand Iāve got the unsettling receipts to prove it.…
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Colin Kaepernick and Ben & Jerry's Are Here to 'Change the Whirled'
In case you missed the memo, Ben & Jerryās has been about that action. Need receipts? Hereās what I wrote about them last year when the premium ice cream company partnered with the Advancement Project to release the flavor Justice Remixād as part of their efforts āto address the destructive cycle of mass incarceration in…
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Two-Time James Beard Award-Winning Chef Edouardo Jordan Wants to Help You Host Thanksgiving Dinner
If you thought Halloween was hit hard by the now-interminable impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, brace yourselves for the rest of the upcoming holidays. With large gatherings off the table and small gatherings now equally implicated in the spread of the novel coronavirus, our Thanksgiving plans are going look dramatically different this yearāin fact, nearly…
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Dear Taco Bell, You're Getting Rid of the Mexican Pizza? Really? Not Cool, Bro. Not Cool at All
Dear Taco Bell, you a rude motherfucker, yo. How you gonna just go and drop the Mexican Pizza from your menu? HOW, SWAY? For why? According to CNN, which Iām pretty sure also enjoys a solid Mexican Pizza, here are the facts: Taco Bell is eliminating five more menu items, marking the second time in…
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Gin and Juice: Powered by Black Celebs and Causes, These Drinks Give New Meaning to 'Buzzworthy'
Itās the weekend; whatcha drinkinā? If youāre not teetotaling, chances are you may indulge in an adult beverage this summer weekendāitās what we do! Case in point: Around this time last year, I was getting my entire life at the Chicago launch of Janelle MonĆ”eās collaboration with Belvedere Vodka at the Museum of Contemporary Art…
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Acclaimed Chef Kwame Onwuachi Is Leaving Kith/Kin, the Restaurant He Made Famous
He won the 2019 James Beard Rising Star Award (among many other honors); co-wrote the poignant and powerful memoir Notes From a Young Chef (which is being developed into a film); competed for the title of Top Chef on Bravoās long-running show; was a 2019 Root 100 honoree and helmed the kitchen of one of…
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Gentrification Remains Undefeated: DC Cultural Landmark Horace & Dickies Closing After 30 Years
I am getting older. My memory is getting worse. I drive down streets that I donāt know anymore. The child I used to be is long gone and so are the places that held those memories. The touchstones of my life are getting harder to remember. I feel like at times Iām making up a…
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If You See Someone With a Plate of Half-Eaten Wings, They Probably Just Had Some Trash Wings, That's All
A now-viral image of five chicken wingsāeach in a different state of completionāhas lit the internet on fire, sparking arguments, ending friendships, and even getting niggas disinvited to gender-reveal clambakes. In the image, each wing is listed from 1 to 5, representing the spectrum from ābarely-nibbledā to ādid you just eat the bone too?ā And,…
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McDonald's Wants That Smoke With Popeyes, Testing New Chicken Sandwich in Tennessee, Houston
As if they havenāt done enough irreparable harm to our taste buds, it appears that the latest contestant in the ongoing Chicken Wars is none other than McDonaldās. With fast-food chicken generating over $43 billion in revenue this decade and Popeyes unleashing a cultural phenomenon with #TheChickening, it was only a matter of time before…
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Should Salads Be on Plates or in Bowls? (A Short Debate About a Dumb Thing People Do)
I eat salads often now, because I have transitioned to a phase of my life where Iām expected to eat them often, and I donāt want to subvert those expectations. Iām so immersed in salad culture, so attuned to the salad zeitgeist, that my affinity for leafy greens lightly fondled by zesty liquids precedes me.…