Chef-in-Residence Bryant Terry presents Choppin’ It Up with MoAD

‍In this weekly IG live series, MoAD’s Chef-in-Residence Bryant Terry will talk to noted creatives of African descent (farmers, chefs, authors, activists, entrepreneurs, and the like) about how they have been navigating work and life during the stay-at-home order. Bryant will also be demonstrating how to make simple plant-based dishes from his backyard in Oakland.

‍May 15 at 3pm – Alexander Smalls

‍Alexander Smalls, James Beard Award winning chef, author, and raconteur was the visionary co-owner of renowned restaurants, The Cecil and Minton’s in Harlem. His award-winning restaurant, The Cecil, NYC’s first Afro-Asian-American restaurant, was named “Best New Restaurant in America” by Esquire in 2014. Over the past three decades, the chef and restaurateur has traveled the world studying the cooking techniques and foodways of the African diaspora.

As the former chef-owner of renowned restaurants including Café Beulah, Sweet Ophelia’s, and Shoebox Café, Smalls has received great acclaim in the restaurant scene, including cooking at the James Beard House, being named one of Zagat’s “NYC Restaurant Power Players You Need to Know” and being honored with the Legacy Award in 2014 by The Amsterdam News, one of the oldest African American newspapers in the country.

In addition to his success in the culinary world, Smalls’ memoir and cookbook Grace the Table features recipes from his upbringing of Southern Revival cuisine. His latest book is Meals, Music, and Muses: Recipes From My African American Kitchen.

‍Join us on Friday, May 15th at 3pm live on MoAD’s Instagram @moadsf

‍This program is made possible by the generous support of Kaiser Permanente

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