The Importance of Black Food & Travel Storytelling (w/ Sheree Williams)

The guest for this episode is Sheree Williams. She is Publisher & Owner of Cuisine Noir Magazine as well as Executive Director of the nonprofit The Global Food & Drink Initiative. She is also, among other things, a journalist, consultant, and photographer.

We discuss how she acquired and expanded Cuisine Noir, the impact of Black food, wine, and travel storytelling, and the changing social and political landscape with respect to Black representation in media.

• V Sheree Creative Enterprises: vsheree.com

• Cuisine Noir Magazine: cuisinenoir.com

• Global Food & Drink Initiative: globalforgood.org

• On social media, Sheree Williams can be found at @cuisinenoir_ and @globalfoodanddrink

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Episode Notes:

• 2016 Cuisine Noir Event celebrating the NMAAHC opening:  An Evening of Culinary Excellence

• Chef Richard Pannell

• The Neelys

• Chef Aaron McCargo Jr.

• Chef Rock Harper

• Vision Cellars - Mac MacDonald

• Running Tigers Wine

• Sharp Cellars

• McBride Sisters

• Fonio

• Millet

• Sorghum

• George Floyd media & publishing response

• Breonna Taylor

• Roland Martin

• Diaspora Food Stories podcast

  • Chef Pierre Thiam

  • Ana Sofia Lopes

  • Liseth Martinez

• “Groove Thang” – Zhané

• The Isley Brothers

• Mint Condition

• Martin

• Boomerang