You Want the Nana’s Green Tea Parfait. Skip the Food
Planning a trip to Seattle? Put Nana’s Green Tea on your cafe hopping list, but for the matcha ice cream parfaits, not the food. Here’s what to get (and what… Continue Reading
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I Want the Same Kitchen as the One in Seattle’s Book Larder
Book Larder is a Black-owned and woman-owned independent bookstore specializing in cookbooks and food writing in Seattle, WA. Located in the Fremont neighborhood, north of downtown Seattle, Book Larder serves… Continue Reading
Chicago, Shop Here for Fresh & Affordable Food
Forty Acres Fresh Market is a Black woman owned full service grocery store in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, IL. Owner & operator Elizabeth (Liz) Abunaw opened the brick and… Continue Reading
Chicago’s UTILITY Show is Where Chefs Connect & Win Big
This is a recap of the UTILITY Show in Chicago. UTILITY 2026 is a two-day gathering of hospitality professionals in May in Chicago, IL created by the chef apparel company,… Continue Reading
A Robot Gave Me Ice Cream at CoffeeFest NYC
This is a recap of CoffeeFest NYC 2026, a specialty coffee expo for entrepreneurs, buyers and investors at the Javits Center in New York City. How to pre-game for CoffeeFest… Continue Reading
The Perfect NYC Weekend Getaway for Food Industry Folks
This is a recap of my trip to New York City for CoffeeFest NYC and the New York Restaurant Show. Along the way, I finally learned how to play dominoes… Continue Reading
2025 Top Eats from Black Owned Restaurants Around the World
The plan is always to publish my top eats before the year is over. We’re well into February now, but it’s never too late, at least in my mind, to… Continue Reading
Looking for a $10 Matcha Latte? Come to MUJI Market
Chelsea Market in New York City is home to the first and only MUJI Market in the U.S. MUJI is a Japanese lifestyle brand that has low cost, simple but… Continue Reading
Akwaaba Mansion in Brooklyn Makes It Easy to Skip Manhattan Hotels
The worst part about planning a trip is spending hours reading reviews trying to book a hotel. I no longer have this problem with my New York City trips because… Continue Reading
Buy All Your Cookbooks from BEM books & more
Brooklyn is now home to one of the first Black food bookstores in the U.S., BEM books & more. Cofounders Gabrielle & Danielle Davenport opened this Black owned bookstore in… Continue Reading