Marcus Samuelsson — born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden, trained in Europe, operating in Harlem — represents the contemporary synthesis of the African diaspora culinary identity in its most complex form. His restaurant Red Rooster (Harlem, opened 2010) is simultaneously a celebration of Harlem's African American culinary tradition, a statement about Sweden's African population (Samuelsson was adopted by a Swedish family after his mother died of tuberculosis when he was three), and a demonstration of the cross-cultural culinary connections that the African diaspora produced.
Samuelsson's culinary philosophy and its significance.
AFRICA TO AMERICA — SLAVE TRADE CULINARY ROUTES: WA3 CONTINUATION