Chef Walter Harris is a kindred spirit because chef is a Blerd. The owner and operator of Noodle Station in Fort Lauderdale is a Black Nerd, a group of free-spirited, free-thinking lovers of everything authentic and thought-provoking. Blerds comprise an estimated 25% of the Black population of the United States. Within BLERD culture, there are…
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Our Tennessee Black Foodie Tour was birthed after I read a friend’s newly created list of Black owned Nashville restaurants. We visited some of the state’s most delicious Black owned eateries in not only Nashville, but also in Chattanooga and Memphis. Mexican cuisine has always been one of my favorites, so I was very pleasantly…
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We’ll be hosting the 4th Annual Soul Vegan Festival on the sands of Miami Beach on Feb. 26th and 27th! Over 4,000 people attended our last festival and we look forward to yet another great turnout. Of course, we’ll require social distancing and wearing masks to keep everyone happy and safe as some of the…
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I met Chef Raheem Sealey a little over a year ago in his capacity as head chef at one of Miami’s swankiest, high end restaurants. We had an amazing conversation about his incredible ability to transform flavors while interpreting culture though the palate. Classically trained, Chef Raheem fuses both skill and ancestral cooking to create…
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Majestic Ash Lounge and Southern Spice Restaurant recently opened in West Palm Beach’s Northwood Village neighborhood and with a name as long as a Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, AL, the food HAS to be good. It’s the brainchild of three veteran food entrepreneurs, Mr. Jerome Byrd, the sole Black owner of a Zaxby’s in Palm…
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In my 38 years, I have eaten my share of fried chicken! From celebrity chef Carla Hall’s amazing fried chicken and waffles to Chef Amaris Jones’ homemade southern fried chicken, I have enjoyed some of the best. That includes the quintessential Black Thanksgiving where 70-something-year old Grandma Juanita of Juanita’s Kitchen in Miami cooks her…
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Which food item brings a smile to most faces just by thinking of it? That would be a freshly fried donut! I’ve experienced several amazing Black owned donut brands throughout the nation and one of my absolute favorites is Pharaoh Donuts located at 202 N 9th St, St. Louis, MO 63101. The shop is the…
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Charlotte, NC is increasingly becoming one of my favorite cities to visit. Our team made our way there from Miami as a part of our 4th Annual Black Foodie Tour in celebration of National Black Business Month. After a customer at my ice cream store in Miami Gardens raved about the quality of the cakes…
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There are very few confections that provide the satisfaction of a great doughnut. Miami isn’t necessarily a town known for great doughnuts, but we have hidden gems, like my favorites, Mojo Doughnuts, and Salty Doughnuts, both serving up amazing specialty doughnuts daily. They’re good, but my loyalty remains with the Black owned DAT DOUGHNUTS in…
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By Michelle Hollinger MIAMI, Fla. – Starex Smith is known to hundreds of thousands of followers nationwide as The Hungry Black Man, a brand born of his love of good food, the Black eateries that serve it and his insatiable desire to tell everyone about his dining experiences. The online blog regularly presents Smith’s lively…
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