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In Brooklyn, a New Home for Food Books From the Black Diaspora
BEM, a bookstore and cafe, is coming to Bed-Stuy
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06/12/25
High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America
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06/12/25
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A pioneering L.A.-style soul food bistro to close on Pico after 12 years
My 2 Cents codified a Los Angeles-inspired approach to soul food when it opened on Pico Boulevard in 2013. The restaurant will close permanently at the end of July.
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07/08/25
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07/08/25
'Something very unique': Halifax kiosk serves up African Nova Scotian heritage, culture
A new shop and food kiosk celebrating African Nova Scotian heritage and culture opened last week on the Halifax waterfront.
Freedom Culinary Culture offers classic comfort dishes and a selection of goods by local African Nova Scotian artists.
"I think that we have something very unique here that we don't have anywhere else," said Dean Lucas, founder of Freedom Culinary Culture. "With our communities, we have so many stories."
He said the kiosk aims to make African Nova Scotian culture accessible to tourists.
Lucas said he noticed a lot of Black tourists on the boardwalk last summer. While speaking to them, he realized they knew very little about the history of African Nova Scotians.
"There was nothing provided by the cruise ships to let them know," he said. "I thought, how can we ... let them know that we exist and that we're here?"
Books by local authors, quilts and jewelry line the kiosks' shelves. The menu is made up of local classics like blueberry grunt, fried pepperoni and maple molasses cornbread. Lucas said the menu was inspired by his father and grandmothers' cooking.
"Just the things that I enjoyed eating and other people told me they liked," he said. "This is good food that we shared with Nova Scotians and Maritimers, but it's also part of our culture too."
Lucas grew up in Lucasville, a prominent African Nova Scotian community established by Black settlers who had fled slavery in the United States after the War of 1812. He said his family has been there since its beginning.
"So lots of friends, lots of memory. And I think where I'm at now, I need to get back. And I think this is my way."
One of the chefs, Darius Fader, said he has learned to make cornbread and blueberry grunt during his time at Freedom. At 15, he's one of several young people employed at the kiosk for the season.
"I feel like it's a good opportunity to explore my own culture more and just expand on my knowledge in terms of what I know about my history," said Fader, who has family ties to Africville and North Preston.
Lucas said he hopes working at Freedom will encourage young employees to be proud of their heritage and help preserve African Nova Scotian culture.
"My idea was to get them in here so they can represent their communities, talk about their heritage, as well as get them to learn and get involved with our history," said Lucas.
Lucas said he thinks a focus on African Nova Scotian culture could be an opportunity for growth in tourism, and he hopes to see more businesses like his in the future.
"We could probably turn this into one of the biggest Black travel destinations within the world once we get things going and buil
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07/17/25
The Culinary Collective by The Centurion Lounge’s menu offers a variety of dishes from four celebrated chefs, inspired by the food at their coveted restaurants, which are available on Resy:
Mashama Bailey first learned to cook from the women in her family before moving on to formal training and experience in New York and France. She taps into her previous experiences to create innovative Southern-inspired dishes that are deeply layered, contextual, and evocative in their flavors. Bailey and her critically acclaimed restaurant, The Grey, have received numerous accolades, with an expansion to Paris is coming soon. Examples of dishes from Bailey include gluten-friendly Paprika Chicken as well as a torched Espresso Crème Brûlée.
“We are excited to be in a season of growth, and expanding our reach with the Centurion Lounge is the perfect way to take Southern Food on the move,” said Bailey.
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SWAC Announces Partnership with Victory Snacks
Victory Snacks, the leader of high quality in demand, private-labeled snacks and beverage innovation, has partnered with the Southwestern Athletic Conference
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07/29/25
Victory Snacks, the leader of high quality in demand, private-labeled snacks and beverage innovation, has partnered with the Southwestern Athletic Conference to expand their snack and beverage portfolio, with exclusively designed packaging featuring the individual name, image, and likeness of all twelve (12) of the league’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Revenue generated through the alliance will directly benefit the individual school’s institutional NIL initiatives.
This strategic collaboration empowers each member of the SWAC Conference with its portfolio of branded snacks and beverages, offering fans, students, and alumni a unique way to show school pride while directly supporting student-athletes through a new NIL-driven shared revenue program. Feeding the fans' passion behind Victory Snacks is their innovative Victory Campus division, the collegiate-facing arm designed to maximize NIL value for student-athletes and institutions. The collaboration directly impacts the premier HBCU conference member brands to earn royalties on every item sold, thereby raising the profile of SWAC’s member institutions' NIL athletic programs throughout the community and region.
SWAC Conference Commissioner, Dr. Charles McClelland, added, “We’re extremely excited to partner with Victory Snacks to further enhance our member institutions' ability to generate funding for their respective NIL programs.”
“As we looked at a variety of opportunities that have been presented to us during recent weeks in this new era on intercollegiate athletics, this partnership stood out as an extremely innovative and strategic initiative that could assist with providing our membership with the resources needed to continue to elevate their athletic programs in all facets.”
The SWAC's 12 member institutions — including Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn State, Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M, Grambling State, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley State, Prairie View A&M, Southern, Texas Southern, and the Univ. of Arkansas-Pine Bluff — fans will be able to purchase SWAC member school branded snacks, such as ham jerky, seasoned nuts, flavored gummies, popcorn, corn puffs, and beverages craft and light beer, non-alcoholic beer, hard seltzers, canned cocktails, sparkling water, and even sports drinks distributed across local retailers, on-campus stores, quick serve restaurants, athletic venues, and dedicated websites.
The planned partnership with SWAC further supports Victory Campus’ expansion of private-label brands developed in collaboration with Conference USA and the leading colleges and universities across the country. The program harnesses the power of SWAC’s loyal fan bases while driving brand awareness and product sales through cross-platform marketing alliances.
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The Future of Innovation: Nourish + Bloom Market is the first 24-hour AI-powered grocery store
Discover Nourish + Bloom Market, the first 24-hour AI-powered, frictionless grocery store in the U.S., providing access to healthy meals and essentials.
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The Atlanta Voice: How did Nourish + Bloom get its start?
Jilea Hemmings (JH): Nourish + Bloom Market came out of a personal need for my family. We had just moved to Atlanta, just found a school for our kids, and found ourselves living in a food desert, also in the middle of the pandemic, and seeing all the challenges around food insecurity for everyone in stores closing and social distancing, and knew that AI could change that and allow people to be able to shop whenever they wanted without having to have the constraints of time or long lines, things that nobody likes to do, waiting in line for anything to be able to get access to the most important thing, which is fun.
AV: How does it feel to be going into your fourth year of the business?
Jamie Hemmings (JHEM): It’s been a journey. Going from just an idea and a concept to building this out, our story is out there into the world. That’s not something that I expected, and for Jilea and me, it was more of building something for the community, wanting to give people access to fresh fruits and vegetables and other healthier items.
AV: When you walk into the store and scan your debit/credit card, there is a $40 hold on your card. What is this for?
JH: The way the store works is that either you can download our app and put your debit card, credit card, Apple Pay, EBT card on file, or you can tap a card or use Apple Pay on our turnstile. There’s no one here, and we obviously don’t know what you’re going to purchase, we put a hold just to cover what you potentially be picking up, and then it gets deducted from whatever you take. So, if you only take something for $10, you’ll get credit back $30. It’s temporary, but because you’re in a closed environment, and once you’re in there, we just must verify payment before you go inside.
AV: Do you have any role models that inspires you as a business owner?
JH: I come from a family of entrepreneurs. My father and grandfather inspire me. They all have worked for themselves for over 20 plus years. Being able to see them against all odds, be able to persevere and push through has been important. Also, Pinky Cole is someone who inspires me as well. Seeing that she was able to create something with an idea that inspires me.
AV: Where do you see Nourish + Bloom in the next five years?
JH: In next five years, we want to see ourselves all over the country. Due to the fact we’re the first in Atlanta and also first in the southern United States, and first black-owned AI store in the world, it’s gotten a lot of notoriety around the country, and people have shared their you know where they live and how they might potentially be living in a food desert, and how this could really benefit them. So, we’re going to be franchising Nourish + Bloom.
AV: Now, what do you want people to take away from your business
JH: We’re in the new workforce of tech revolution, and this is another way that AI is changing how we do things, but also to hopefully spark creativity in others of how do we utilize this new technology to be able to continue to enhance the world and make it a better place. It was our friends, our family, and the community that really came behind us and put their dollars where their mouth was to make this be possible.
AV: What kind of advice do you have for aspiring business owners?
Jamie: Don’t give up. You must keep pushing through because there’s going to be a lot of obstacles in your way. Once you’re able to push through, that’s where you find the true success. Many entrepreneurs talk about the positive side of entrepreneurship, but people don’t really talk about the hard work that goes into it. When you’re an entrepreneur, it’s 24/7. It doesn’t stop and delay. Being partners, being husband and wife, doing this thing is, let me tell you, it’s day-in-day out, but you just got to keep pushing through. If this is something that you want to do, if you have a passion for it, just keep going and don’t let anybody stand in your way.
im late as hell but thank you for posting this. Halifax is a black pilgrimage destination that I intend on making it to. Too much history
and i may need to hurry as ive read that black people are getting ethnically cleansed (gentrified) out of Halifax too
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Watch Chasing Flavor | HBO Max
Watch Chasing Flavor on HBO Max. Plans start at $9.99/month. Chef and author Carla Hall travels around the world to track down the unexpected lineage of dishes we think are quintessentially American. Along the way, she learns how their international origins and buried truths paved the way for...www.max.com
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DC farmers market provides free space for Black growers, vendors
Nestled in the Nation’s Capital, a farmer’s market fills the Black and Forth strip mall, shining the light on Black vendors and businesses.
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The Most Exciting New Bakery in America Is Hiding in New Orleans — The Experts
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Sep 3, 2025What began as a pandemic pop-up from pastry chef Kaitlin Guerin and partner Lino Asana has now grown into one of the most exciting new bakeries in the country. At Lagniappe Bakehouse in New Orleans, Guerin blends the ingredients and spices of the African diaspora with the deep culinary traditions of New Orleans to create unique pastries
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