This week’s conversation is with Eating Fabulously’s Christopher Stewart. Chris is a classically trained chef, influencer, and tastemaker. She is the founder of the Mise Group, a chef and restaurant management group, specializing in helping small culinary brands and businesses get everything in its proper place. Be sure to subscribe to the Eating Fabulously blog and check out what Chris is doing with the Mise Group.

I am currently in the middle of the Afros and Knives season four pledge drive. Thanks to Talenti and Black Food Folks for their generosity in awarding the show a $5000 grant, which brings me to 50% of our goal. To make a pledge you can visit the Afros and Knives website, or make a donation directly through Venmo, Paypal, or the fundraising site GoGetFunding.

I chat with an investor, serial entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of award-winning premium whiskey brand, Uncle Nearest Fawn Weaver. If you are unfamiliar with the Uncle Nearest brand and story, I encourage you to spend a little time visiting the Uncle Nearest website...and order a bottle when you’re done. If you’re sitting on a bottle of this beautiful whiskey I encourage you to pause this episode, pour yourself a glass, and then come back and listen to this conversation.

Intro Music: Mukiwa-Jones Meadow-Epidemic Sound

Outro: Evan Ballard

In this episode, I speak with Leigh Ann Martin, a chef, and food blogger based in New York. Her recipes blend her Trinidadian heritage and city life and provide the tools to create delicious meals artfully designed and portioned to suit solo dining.

This week’s conversation is with Brooklyn native and the Founder + Chief Curator of caribBEING Shelley V Worrell. Caribbeing is a thriving cultural organization that stands at the crossroads of film + art + culture.

This week’s episode is a conversation with the host of the Color of Wine podcast and co-founder of the Love and Vines brand. Sukari Bowman. Sukari’s mission is to make wine more approachable. Due to my lack of editing skills in GarageBand, this conversation is a longer one, but it was so much fun! Sukari is knowledgeable and approachable, and absolutely delightful.

Eden Hagos is the founder of Black Foodie, a community and online platform shining a spotlight on the best of African, Caribbean, and Southern cuisine from around the world. BlackFoodie is the go-to resource for anyone who wants to enjoy:- Delicious food and good vibes- Amazing cultural experiences- Unique storytelling: documenting people, places, cultures, and flavors.

A conversation with the founder of Black Girls in the Vineyard, Danielle Anderson, you may know her as Danielle the Wine Diva on Instagram. Black Girls in the Vineyard is a California-based social club that empowers, uplifts, and inspires black women who share a unique love for fine wine. Danielle and I discuss how she became passionate about wine, how her journey is looking so far, and what her future ambitions are for the BGV brand.

This week's conversation is with Nina Williams-Mbengue, the niece of culinary legend Chef Edna Lewis. We talk about her relationship with her Aunt Edna, the legacy Chef Lewis left behind for us...and how her Aunt would feel about the current social and political climate that is effecting Black women in food spaces.

Auzerais Bellamy is the owner and mastermind behind Blondery. She served as pastry sous-chef at Bouchon Bakery, executive pastry chef at Pies -N- Thighs and Alain Ducasse’s Benoit Bistro before founding Blondery. She has staged at Per Se, French Laundry, and Daniel.

In 2016, launched her business online due to the overwhelming demand for her caramel and pecan blondies. For nearly 3 years, she’s been shipping blondies nationwide and continues to grow while maintaining the same high standards of quality and presentation. These blondies are another item going into the gift guide!

This week's doubleheader starts with a conversation with chocolatier and founder of D.C. based Petite Soeur, Ashleigh Pearson.